Term Name: acute leukemia
Synonyms: Stem cell leukaemia, Stem cell Leukemia
Definition: A lymphoid leukemia that occurs when a hematopoietic stem cell undergoes malignant transformation into a primitive, undifferentiated cell with abnormal longevity producing large numbers of white blood cells to be produced and enter the blood stream.
Ontology: Human Disease [DOID:12603]   ( DOID:12603 )

Relationships
is a type of: lymphoid leukemia
has subtype: acute biphenotypic leukemia acute lymphoblastic leukemia blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm