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Acute myelogenous leukemia
This is a type of leukemia. It is a cancer of a certain blood dell, originating in the bone marrow. It causes low blood counts. Diagnosis is often by evaluation of bone marrow aspirate. Treatments depend on subtypes and range from standard chemotherapy to bone marrow transplant.
Dr. James Ball reviewed this
21 year experience in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
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I have a high white blood cells count of 12500 accompanied by high percentage of 7% myelocytes in blood and been diagnosed with myelemia, what is myelemia ? Causes symptoms treatment and all? Could that lead to aml ( acute myelogenous leukemia)?
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