Lymphoproliferative disorders
- Lymphoproliferative disorders
- Malignant diseases of the lymphoid cells and cells from the reticuloendothelial system (which take up and sequester inert particles). The lymphoproliferative disorders are in contrast to the myeloproliferative disorders which are malignancies of certain bone marrow cells including those that give rise to the red blood cells, the granulocytes (types of white blood cells), and the platelets (crucial to blood clotting).
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a general term encompassing a variety of disorders characterized by abnormal proliferation of lymphocytes; they include both malignant and nonmalignant disease. Called also lymphoproliferative diseases or syndromes.
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