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

Acute nonlymphocytic leukemia (health)


Abbreviated ANLL. More commonly called acute myeloid leukemia (AML). 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.