| Introduction
Measuring
WBCs
Myeloid
Leukemias
Lymphoid
Leukemias
Sources
of Error
Quiz
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Hey,
we're making progress. Two down and one to go for myelogenous neoplasms.
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Acute myelogenous leukemia,
characterized by clonal proliferation of an immature myeloid precursor
cell.
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Myelodysplastic syndromes,
characterized by ineffective erythropoiesis and a variety of cytopenias.
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Chronic myeloproliferative
disorders, of which chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is one.
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Chronic myeloproliferative disorders
are characterized by increased production of "terminally" differentiated
myeloid cells (RBCs, WBCs, platelets, etc.).
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These are diseases of the
"stem cell," the basic progenitor cell of the bone marrow. Click
here for more stuff ->
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When the stem cell is sick,
everything that flows from it is sick too.
So what consitutes a chronic
myeloproliferative disorder?
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