Month: May 2020

The walls of the aorta must withstand the slipping effect of each systolic tremor of blood. Having a large diameter, the aorta experiences a much greater stress than the other parts of the arterial system,

What is Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia? Chronic myeloid leukemia is a tumorous disease that is clonal in nature and arises from the early predecessors of myelopoiesis, whose morphological substrate is predominantly mature and mature granulocytes, mainly

What is Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia? Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is a group of heterogeneous malignant neoplasms from cells – lymphoid precursors (lymphoblasts) that have certain genetic and immunophenotypic characteristics. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is the most common

What is B12 Deficiency Anemia? Pernicious anemia (from the Latin. Perniciosus – fatal, dangerous) or B12-deficient anemia or megaloblastic anemia or Addison-Birmer’s disease or (outdated name) malignant anemia is a disease caused by impaired blood

What is Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (Markiafava-Mikeli Disease)? Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (Markiafava-Mikeli disease, Stryubing-Markiafava disease) – acquired hemolytic anemia associated with intravascular destruction of defective red blood cells. Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria is a rare acquired disease