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IV line in a different VEIN. Before PBSC the person may receive injections of a medication to stimu- late the bone marrow to inc ...

C Christmas disease See HEMOPHILIA. cisterna chyli A saclike structure of the lym- phatic system, located behind the STOMACH, th ...

clotting factors 135 Clotting Factor Common Name Function factor VII serum prothrombin conversion activates factor X when calciu ...

in blood clotting. Clotting factors interact with each other as well as other enzymes in the blood, notably fibrin and thrombin, ...

D–G disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) A secondaryCOAGULATION disorder arising from an imbalance among the CLOTTING FA ...

erythrocytes into circulation every minute. The EPO stimulates the bone marrow to release higher numbers of erythrocytes into th ...

including infections, serious vitamin B deficiency, RADIATION THERAPY, CHEMOTHERAPY, and cancers such as LEUKEMIA and lymphoma. ...

H hematopoiesis The process through which the body generates new BLOODcells. In the adult, the red BONE MARROWand the LY M P Hti ...

the majority of which will be neutrophils. Proery- throcytes will become erythrocytes (more than 99 percent) or platelets (less ...

blood back to the body after the cell separator has extracted the appropriate blood product. The entire process takes about two ...

lation. The spleen partially dismantles the erythro- cytes, reducing toxic heme into BILIRUBINthat the body excretes with the BI ...

develop antibodies to the clotting factors that sub- sequently prevents these treatments from having any effect. In such situati ...

L leukapheresis See HEMAPHERESIS. leukemia A type of CANCERthat affects the BONE marrow’s production of leukocytes (white BLOOD ...

chronic leukemia is usually gradual because these cells, though defective, can function to some extent and enter the blood circu ...

separately or in combination, remain the mainstay of the therapeutic arsenal, with the objective being to establish remission (a ...

MYELOMA; SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF CANCER; SMOKING AND HEALTH; STAGING AND GRADING OF CANCER. leukocyte A white BLOODcell, also refe ...

lymph The fluid that circulates through the LY M P H VESSELS. Lymph is clear and colorless or white with fat, depending on its l ...

lymphangioma as hamartomatous, (harmartomas are benign tumors) which refers to the lesion’s pat- tern of self-limiting growth. L ...

debris from the lymph. Follicles within the lymph node contain B-cells and T-cells, which proliferate and mature in the follicle ...

See also B-CELL LYMPHOCYTE; CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION; GRANULOCYTE; HEMATOPOIESIS; LYMPHOMA; MONOCYTE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NATUR ...