Lymphoid leukemia

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Lymphoid leukemia
Classification and external resources
ICD-10 C91.
ICD-9 204
MeSH D007945

Lymphoid leukemia (or lymphocytic leukemia) is a type of leukemia affecting circulating cells of lymphoid origin. This is in contrast to lymphoma, which is a solid tumor of lymphoid cells.[1]

[edit] Classification

They are most commonly divided by the stage of maturation at which the clonal (neoplastic) lymphoid population stopped maturing:

However, they are sometimes divided by the cells affected:

[edit] References

  1. ^ Parham, Peter (2005). The immune system. New York: Garland Science, 414. ISBN 0-8153-4093-1. 
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