Precursor B-cell lymphoblastic leukemia | |
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Classification and external resources | |
ICD-O: | M9836/3 |
MeSH | D015452 |
Precursor B-cell lymphoblastic leukemia is a form of lymphoid leukemia, sometimes additionally classified as a lymphoma, as designated leukemia/lymphoma.
It consists of the following subtypes:[1]
One interesting model of precursor B ALL shows aberrant function of a single gene, namely Pax5, as capable to change phenotype of B cells toward precursor cells.[2][3]
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