adult T-cell leukemia

adult T-cell leukemia
adult T-cell leukemia n a serious syndrome that is characterized by high counts of malignant T cells, hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, skin lesions, and hypercalcemia and that is associated with the retrovirus HTLV-I called also adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma

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adult T-cell l./lymphoma.

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