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Leukemia

Definition of Leukemia

Leukemia is a group of cancers that begins in the blood forming cells of the bone marrow.

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David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc., and Yi-Bin Chen, MD, Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital. – 3/2/2009

Bone marrow aspiration
Acute lymphocytic leukemia - photomicrograph
Auer rods
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia - microscopic view
Chronic myelocytic leukemia - microscopic view
Chronic myelocytic leukemia
Chronic myelocytic leukemia
Cryoglobulinemia - of the fingers
Antibodies

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