| Metadata | |
|---|---|
| ID | DOID:12603 |
| Name | acute leukemia |
| Definition | A lymphoid leukemia that occurs when a hematopoietic stem cell undergoes malignant transformation into a primitive, undifferentiated cell with abnormal longevity producing large numbers of white blood cells to be produced and enter the blood stream. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_leukemia, http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec11/ch142/ch142b.html, http://www.bloodjournal.org/content/bloodjournal/128/3/462.full.pdf |
| Xrefs |
ICDO:9801/3 SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:24072005 |
| Alternateids |
DOID:12621 |
| Subsets |
DO_cancer_slim NCIthesaurus |
| Synonyms |
Stem cell leukaemia [EXACT] Stem cell Leukemia [EXACT] |
| Parent Relationships |
is_a lymphoid leukemia |