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Acute myeloid leukemia: 2012 update on diagnosis, risk stratification, and management
17 Dec 2011
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DISEASE OVERVIEW: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) results from accumulation of abnormal immature cells in the marrow. These cells interfere with normal hematopoiesis can escape into the blood and infiltrate lung and CNS. The most common cause of death is bone marrow failure. It is likely that many different mutations and/or epigenetic aberrations can produce the same disease, with these differences responsible for...
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