"Leukemia, Mast-Cell" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A form of systemic mastocytosis (MASTOCYTOSIS, SYSTEMIC) characterized by the presence of large numbers of tissue MAST CELLS in the peripheral blood without skin lesions. It is a high-grade LEUKEMIA disease with bone marrow smear of >20% MAST CELLS, multi-organ failure and a short survival.
| Descriptor ID |
D007946
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.337.440 C04.557.337.539.275.440 C04.557.450.565.465.750.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Leukemia, Mast-Cell- Leukemia, Mast-Cell
- Leukemia, Mast Cell
- Leukemias, Mast-Cell
- Mast-Cell Leukemias
- Mast-Cell Leukemia
- Mast Cell Leukemia
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leukemia, Mast-Cell" by people in Profiles.
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Prasad P, Yanagihara AA, Small-Howard AL, Turner H, Stokes AJ. Secretogranin III directs secretory vesicle biogenesis in mast cells in a manner dependent upon interaction with chromogranin A. J Immunol. 2008 Oct 01; 181(7):5024-34.