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Acute Leukemia

Acute leukemia is defined as the proliferation of immature white blood cells that comprise more than 20% of the cells of the bone marrow or peripheral blood.

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In acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the peripheral blood count can be low, normal, or high, although frequently it is high and composed of mostly blasts. 

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