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| deficiency in erythrocytes or hemoglobin. the most common type of anemia is iron deficiency anemia |
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| failure of blood cell production in the bone marrow. cause is unknow |
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| occurs when stem cells fails to produce leukocytes, platelets and erythrocytes |
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| reduction in red cells due to excessive destruction |
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| congenitaql spherocytic anemia |
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| red blood cells are less biconcave and fragile |
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| lack of mature erythrocytes caused by inability to absorb vitamin B12 into the body |
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| necessary for proper development and maturation of erythrocytes. It cannot be absorbed into the bloodstream without the aid of a intrinsic factor that is normally found in gastric juice |
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| hereditary condition characterized by abnormal sickle shape of erythrocytes and by hemolysis. cannot pass through small blood vessels normally, leading t thrombosis and infarction |
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| inherited defect in the ability to produce hemoglobin, usually seen in persons of mediterranean background. thalassa means sea |
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| excess iron deposits throughout the body. makes you copper colored. enlarged liver |
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| general increase in red blood cells (erthremia). thick blood |
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| excessive bleeding caused by hereditary lack of blood clotting factors (factor VIII or IX) necessary for blood clotting |
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| multiple pinpoint hemorrhages and accumulation of blood under the skin. can be caused by have too few platelets |
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| tiny purple or red flat spots appearing on the skin as a result of hemorrhages |
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| larger blue or purplish patches on the skin (bruises) |
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| autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura |
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| condition in which a patient makes an antibody that destroys platelets. bleeding time is prolonged; splenectomy |
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| increase in cancerous white blood cells . fatigue, fever, bleeding, bone pain, hepatomegaly |
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| acute myelogenous (myelocytic) leukemia (AML) |
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| immature granulocytes predominate. platelets and erythrocytes are diminshed because of infilitration and replacement of bone marrow by large numbers of myeloblast |
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| acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) |
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| immature lymphocytes predominate- most common in children and adolescents |
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| chronic myelogenous (myelocytic) leukemia (CML) |
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| both mature and immature granulocytes and present in large numbers in the marrow and bloodstream |
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| chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) |
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| abnormal numbers of relatively mature lymphocytes pred |
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| disappearance of signs and symptoms |
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| occurs when disease symptoms and signs reapper necessitating further treatment |
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| abnormal increase in granulocytes in the blood |
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| is an increase in eosinphilic granulocytes seen in certain allergic conditions, such as asthma or in parastitic infections |
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| increase in basophilic granulocytes seen in certain types of leukemia |
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| infectous disease markeed by increase numbers of leukocytes and enlarged cervical lymph nodes. Epstein- Barr virus |
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| malignant neoplasm of bone marrow. the malignant cells destroy bone tissue and cause overproduction of immunoglobulins, including Bence Jones protein an immunoglobulin fragment in urine |
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| autologous bone marrow transplantation (ABMT) |
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| in which the patient serves as his or her won donor for stem cells, may lead to prolonged remission |
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| test for the presence of antibodies that coat and damage erythrocytes |
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| time required for blood to stop flowing from a tiny puncture wound |
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| time required for venous blood to clot in a test tube |
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| complete blood count (CBC) |
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| determination of numbers of blood cells, hemoglobin concentration hematocrit, and red cell values- MC, MCV, MCHC |
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| erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) |
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| speed at which erythrocytes settle out of plasma |
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| percentage of erythrocytes in a volume of blood |
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| hemoglobin test (H, Hg, Hgb,HGB) |
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| total amount of hemoglobin in a sample of peripheral blood |
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| number of platelets per cubi millimeter or microliter of blood |
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| test of the ability of blood to clot |
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| red blood cell count (RBC) |
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| number of erythrocytes per cubic millimeter or microliter of blood |
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| red blood cell morphology |
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| microscopic examination of a stained blood smear to determine the shape of individual red cells |
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| white blood cell count (WBC) |
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| number of leukocytes per cubic millimeter or microliter of blood |
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| white blood cell differential count |
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| percentages of different types of leukocytes in the blood |
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| describes an incerase in inmature neutrophils in the blood |
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| separation of blood into component parts and removal of a select poriton from the blood |
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| whole blood or cells are taken from a donor and infused into a patient |
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| collection and later reinfusion of a patients own blood or blood components |
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| preparation of red blood cells separation from liquid plasma and administered in severe anemia t restore levels of hemoglobin and red cells without overfiluting the blood with excess fluid |
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| microscopic examination of a core of bone marrow removed with a needle |
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| hematopoietic stem cell transplantation |
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| peripheral stem cells from a compatible donor are administered to a recipient |
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| allogeneic transplantation |
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| in hwich a relative or unrelated person having a close or identical HLA type is the donor |
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| autologous transplantation |
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| stem cells or bone marrow cells are removed from the patient during a remission phase and given back to the patient after intensive chemotherapy (drug treatment) |
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