See Also: Acute myeloid leukemia(health)
Myeloid leukemia(health)
Acute myeloid leukaemia(medicine)
Acute leukemia(health)
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia(health)
Acute lymphocytic leukemia(health)
Acute promyelocytic leukemia(health)
Acute nonlymphocytic leukemia(health)
Acute myelogenous leukemia(health)
ALL (acute lymphoblastic leukemia)(health)

Acute myeloid leukemia (health)


A quickly progressive malignant disease in which there are too many immature blood-forming cells in the blood and bone marrow, the cells being specifically those destined to give rise to the granulocytes or monocytes, both types of white blood cells that fight infections. In AML, these blasts do not mature and so become too numerous. AML can occur in adults or children. Acute myeloid leukemia is abbreviated AML (pronounced A M L). It is also known as acute myelogenous leukemia or acute nonlymphocytic leukemia (ANLL).