LYMPHOID-LEUKEMIA

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LYMPHOID-LEUKEMIA

Definition: form of leukemia associated with hyperplasia and overactivity of the lymphoid tissue. There are increased numbers of circulating malignant lymphocytes and lymphoblasts. (Dorland, 28th ed)

Conceptual Structures
ISA	MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-LYMPHATIC-AND-HEMATOPOIETIC-TISSUE
SUBCLASSES	ACUTE-LYMPHOID-LEUKEMIA CHRONIC-LYMPHOID-LEUKEMIA SUBACUTE-LYMPHOID-LEUKEMIA
DESCENDANTS	ACUTE-LYMPHOID-LEUKEMIA B-CELL-ACUTE-LYMPHOCYTIC-LEUKEMIA CHRONIC-LYMPHOID-LEUKEMIA NULL-CELL-ACUTE-LYMPHOCYTIC-LEUKEMIA PROLYMPHOCYTIC-LEUKEMIA SUBACUTE-LYMPHOID-LEUKEMIA T-CELL.-LEUKEMIA
ANCESTORS	ALL CHANGE-STATE CHANGE-STATE-ANIMAL DISEASE-EVENT EVENT HAVE-NEOPLASM LIVING-EVENT MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-BY-BODY-PART MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-LYMPHATIC-AND-HEMATOPOIETIC-TISSUE PHYSICAL-EVENT
RELATIONS	AFFECTS-PHYSIOLOGICAL-SYSTEM : SPLEEN BONE-MARROW LYMPHOCYTE DIAGNOSED-WITH : BONE-MARROW-ASPIRATION HAS-SYMPTOM : BECOME-TIRED FLU
INHERITED RELATIONS	AFFECTS-TISSUE : TISSUE (from HAVE-NEOPLASM ) AGENT : ANIMAL (from LIVING-EVENT ) CAUSED-BY : CARCINOGEN (from HAVE-NEOPLASM ) DIAGNOSED-WITH-THE-USE-OF : MEDICAL-DEVICE (from DISEASE-EVENT ) EXPERIENCER : PATIENT (from DISEASE-EVENT ) HAS-RISK-FACTOR : DIET (from MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM ) LOCATION : PLACE (from PHYSICAL-EVENT ) THEME : OBJECT (from CHANGE-STATE ) TREATED-WITH : MACROBIOTIC-DIET (from MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM ) TREATED-WITH-THE-USE-OF : PHARMACEUTICAL-MATERIAL (from HAVE-NEOPLASM ) MEDICAL-DEVICE (from HAVE-NEOPLASM )
INHERITED ATTRIBUTES	DIRECTION-OF-CHANGE : NEGATIVE (from CHANGE-STATE ) POSITIVE (from CHANGE-STATE ) TYPE-OF-CHANGE : PHYSICAL (from DISEASE-EVENT ) MENTAL (from DISEASE-EVENT )