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Leukemia, Myeloid

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Definition: Form of leukemia characterized by an uncontrolled proliferation of the myeloid lineage and their precursors (MYELOID PROGENITOR CELLS) in the bone marrow and other sites.  general or unspecified: prefer specifics; index here for CD4+/CD56+ hematodermic neoplasms   
Examples Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive; Leukemia, Myeloid, Chronic, Atypical, BCR-ABL Negative; Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute; Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Chronic; Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Juvenile; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute; Sarcoma, Myeloid 		Other names Myeloid Leukemia; Myelogenous Leukemia; Myelocytic Leukemia; Leukemia, Myelogenous; Leukemia, Myelocytic; Leukemia, Granulocytic; Granulocytic Leukemia; Myeloid Leukemias; Myelogenous Leukemias; Myelocytic Leukemias; Monocytic Leukemias, Chronic; Leukemias, Myeloid; Leukemias, Myelogenous; Leukemias, Myelocytic; Leukemias, Granulocytic; Leukemias, Chronic Monocytic; Leukemia, Chronic Monocytic; Granulocytic Leukemias; Chronic Monocytic Leukemias; Chronic Monocytic Leukemia
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Myelocytic leukemia-like syndrome, familial, chronic  0   *Leukemia, Myeloid *Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary.
MLL4 protein, human  0   *DNA-Binding Proteins Leukemia, Myeloid Myeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia Protein. Hum Mutat. 2008 May;29(5):703-8
MLL5 protein, human  0   *DNA-Binding Proteins Leukemia, Myeloid Myeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia Protein. Oncogene 2002 Jul 18;21(31):4849-54
MLL-AF6 fusion protein, human  0   *Oncogene Proteins, Fusion *Myeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia Protein Leukemia, Myeloid. Leukemia 2001 Oct;15(10):1674-6
monoclonal antibody M195  0   *Antibodies, Monoclonal Leukemia, Myeloid. Oncology (Huntingt) 1995 Jul;9(7):671-2
myeloid ecotropic viral integration site 1 protein  0   *Neoplasm Proteins *Homeodomain Proteins Leukemia, Myeloid. Mol Cell Biol 1995 Oct;15(10):5434-43

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