Relationship to Zinc Requirement"It was found that the copper to zinc ratio was significantly higher in patients with lymphoma or acute and chronic leukemias compared to control subjects..."
Cancer of the blood cells. A disease in which too many immature white blood cells that give rise to lymphocytes are found in the blood and bone marrow. The immature white blood cells are referred to as lymphoblasts. The disease often results in the replacement of normal bone marrow with lymphoblasts that crowd out normal cells. The progression of this disease is usually rapid. ALL appears most commonly in children although it can appear in adults.
The Condition"About 3,800 new cases of acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) are diagnosed each year in the United States..."
(also called acute lymphoblastic leukemia or ALL) - A disease in which too many infection-fighting white blood cells called lymphocytes are found in the blood and bone marrow. Acute leukemia progresses more quickly than the chronic form and has more immature blasts.
acute leukemia characterized by proliferation of immature lymphoblast-like cells in bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen, and blood; most common in children
ALL is a disease in which large numbers of malfunctioning lymphocytic (infection-fighting) blood cells are made by the body. It is most often diagnosed in children. Signs of the disease include fever, pale skin, loss of appetite, fatigue, bone pain, and recurrent infection.
A condition marked by a rapid increase in the number of immature white blood cells called "lymphoblasts," which fail to function as normal cells; leaves the body susceptible to anemia, infection, and bleeding.
most common in young children and older adults. It is caused by rapid overproduction of white blood cells.
See: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
(...LIM-foh-SIH-tik loo-KEE-mee-uh) ALL. A fast-growing type of leukemia (blood cancer) in which too many lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in the blood and bone marrow. Also called acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
a rapidly progressing disease marked by the overabundance of immature or functionless white blood cells (lymphoblasts) in the blood or bone marrow; most commonly found in children.
type of blood cancer that originates in lymphatic cells of the bone marrow.
ALL. A quickly progressing disease in which too many immature white blood cells (called lymphoblasts) are found in the blood and bone marrow. Also called acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
A rapidly progressive cancer of the blood with sudden onset and characterized by the uncontrolled proliferation of immature blood cells, which take over the bone marrow and spill into the blood stream. If left untreated it can be fatal within a few weeks or months.
a cancer of the blood in which too many immature (not fully formed) lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell, are found in the bone marrow, blood, spleen, liver, and other organs.
A type of leukemia in which too many infection-fighting white blood cells called lymphocytes are found in the blood and bone marrow. Learn more.
A disorder of blood cell production in which abnormal white blood cells (lymphoblasts) multiply in the blood and bone marrow. It is the most common form of childhood leukemia.
The Condition"...Leukemic lymphoblasts may accumulate in the lymphatic system, and the lymph nodes can become enlarged..."
The Condition"...Other markers on the lymphoblasts that can be detected with immunophenotyping and may be useful to the physician include the common acute lymphoblastic leukemia antigen, cALLa, now called CD 10..."
The Condition"...or "leukemic blasts," which fail to function as normal blood cells and 2) the blockade of the production of normal marrow cells, leading to a deficiency of red cells (anemia), platelets ( thrombocytopenia), and normal white cells (especially neutrophils, i..."
The Condition"...The principle subtypes are T lymphocyte and B lymphocyte types, so named because the cell has features that are similar to normal T or B lymphocytes..."