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- adjective Relating to
leukemia .
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Examples
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Sloan-Kettering Institute 6-mercaptopurine was tried in leukemic patients who were resistant to methotrexate.
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This is true for genetic diseases and for some patients who develop leukemia, as the same chromosomal abnormalities have been in cord blood as in the leukemic cells that later appear in the child.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Cord Blood Banking: Not a Clear-Cut Answer M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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Before this, when she was still at home and able to play despite having marrow and blood composed almost entirely of leukemic blasts, her doctors had said, “What is it that she wants more than anything else?”
Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011
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Dr. Grupp and colleagues have identified molecules on the surface of the inside of leukemic cells that are potential targets for vaccine therapy.
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Before this, when she was still at home and able to play despite having marrow and blood composed almost entirely of leukemic blasts, her doctors had said, “What is it that she wants more than anything else?”
Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011
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This is true for genetic diseases and for some patients who develop leukemia, as the same chromosomal abnormalities have been in cord blood as in the leukemic cells that later appear in the child.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Cord Blood Banking: Not a Clear-Cut Answer M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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Evidence for the induction of apoptosis by endosulfan in a human T-cell leukemic line.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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Evidence for the induction of apoptosis by endosulfan in a human T-cell leukemic line.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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If he could uncover how normal blood cells were generated, he might stumble backward into a way to block the growth of abnormal leukemic cells.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Following that tenuous trail, he obtained some synthetic folic acid, recruited a cohort of leukemic children, and started injecting folic acid into them.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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