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LEUKEMIA -

  • characterized by presence of inactive leukocytes (white blood cell) of one type or another in the peripheral blood and by extensive hyperplasia(overgrowth) of the tissue producing that particular cell
  • unknown cause

PREDISPOSING FACTORS:
  • environmental, industrial exposure to radiation or chemicals
  • infectious agents- retrovirus
  • hereditary aspects such as family occurrence and or chromosomal abnormalities like down syndrome
  • secondary to treatment administered for other diseases such as Hodgekin disease, therapy related leukemia among patient treated with chemotherapy or radiotherapy for a neoplastic disease
Acute leukemia= see leukemia-acute
chronic leukemia=see leukemia-chronic

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