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“...AML starts in the bone marrow, but in most cases it quickly moves into the blood...”
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“...There are a number of types of porphyria, some from bone marrow and others from the liver...”
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“...Most blood cells are produced in the bone marrow as part of a continuing process...”
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Chronic Renal Insufficiency
“...However, the typical anemia associated with CRF results from decreased production of red blood cells by the bone marrow: failing kidneys no longer produce sufficient erythropoietin, a hormone that stimulates the production of oxygen-carrying red blood cells (RBCs)...”
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“...Release of colony-stimulating factors, boosting bone marrow production...”
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“...Treating anemia that has not responded to other treatments; Platelet Transfusion to treat low platelet levels (thrombocytopenia) caused by: Severe infection; Sepsis; Liver cirrhosis; Chemotherapy; Bone marrow transplant; Cancer (e.g. lymphoma, leukemia); Plasma Transfusion to help with blood clotting After severe bleeding (trauma, surgery, childbirth); Conditions that impair production of...”
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“...Ewing's Sarcoma – Ewing's sarcoma begins in immature nerve tissue in the bone marrow of the body's large bones: the pelvis, upper legs, ribs and arms, and can spread to other parts of the body at an early stage...”
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“Alternative names: Myelosuppression Bone Marrow Suppression is a reduction in the activity of the bone marrow, which is the thick liquid inside some of the bones that produces blood cells...”
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Your lymphocyte count
“Lymphocytes are made in the bone marrow, so when the bone marrow isn't functioning properly, lymphocyte counts can drop.”
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“...The soft core known as the bone marrow continuously manufactures blood cells...”
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“...Confirmation of a brucellosis diagnosis involves blood work, bone marrow and urine cultures, and other techniques...”
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“...Possible causes of bruising include ... Certain disorders in which bone marrow cells grow at an abnormal rate...”
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“...Causes include ... Myeloproliferative disorders (conditions that cause abnormal production of blood cells in the bone marrow) Polycythemia (an excess of red blood cells)...”
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Herbal Combinations
“...Notably, there were no toxic side-reactions as seen with other anticancer drugs, such as arrest of bone marrow, digestive tract reactions and baldness...”
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“...These cells – the RBCs, WBCs, and platelets – are produced and mature primarily in the bone marrow. Under normal circumstances, they are released into the bloodstream as needed...”
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“...However, bone marrow transplants have been reported as being successful in some patients, especially when performed early...”
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“...Unfortunately, chemotherapy also effects normal cells that grow rapidly such as blood cells forming in the bone marrow, cells in the hair follicles, or cells in the mouth and intestines.”
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Bone Marrow Suppression
“Nearly all chemotherapy cause a short-term reduction in bone marrow function.”
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“Chronic eosinophilic leukemia (CEL) is a highly rare disease in which too many eosinophils (a type of white blood cell) are found in the bone marrow, blood, and other tissues...”
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“...Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) is a type of cancer that starts from white blood cells (lymphocytes) in the bone marrow, from where it invades the blood...”
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“...Chronic Myeloid Meukemia (CML) is a type of cancer that starts in the blood-forming cells of the bone marrow and invades the blood...”
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“...Chronic neutrophilic leukemia features persistent neutrophilia, increased white blood cell production in the bone marrow, and enlargement of the liver and spleen (hepatosplenomegaly)...”
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“Essential for normal growth and functioning of all body cells, especially those of bone marrow (red blood cell formation), gastrointestinal tract and nervous system, it prevents pernicious anemia and plays a crucial part in the reproduction of every cell of the body i.e. synthesis...”
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“...The N-Acetyl form of Cysteine; helps prevent chemotherapy side-effects and radiation therapy side effects; increases glutathione levels in the lungs, kidneys, liver and bone marrow and has an anti-aging effect on the body...”
...the condition
“...If the body requires an increase in oxygen, the kidney produces more of the hormone erythropoietin (EPO), which acts in the bone marrow to increase the production of red blood cells...”
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“...Blood tests such as a CBC; Ultrasound; Abdominal film or CT scan; Bone marrow biopsy; Other tests to check for underlying disorders...”
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“...ET, Essential Thrombocytosis, Essential Thrombocythaemia, Primary Thrombocytosis Essential thrombocythemia is a rare chronic blood disorder characterized by the overproduction of platelets in the bone marrow. It is a slowly-progressing disorder with long symptom-free periods punctuated by thrombotic or hemorrhagic events...”
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“Alternative names: Fanconi's Anemia, FA Fanconi anemia is a rare, inherited blood disorder that leads to bone marrow failure. As a result, insufficient new blood cells are produced, as well as many faulty blood cells in some cases...”
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“...For some of these patients, diseases of the blood and bone marrow or inherited enzyme abnormalities can be implicated...”
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“This is an uncommon anemia that develops when red blood cells are destroyed faster than bone marrow can replace them...”
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“...This fat is found in the bone marrow and spinal cord; it surrounds the liver, spleen, heart, kidneys, and other organs...”
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“...When histoplasmosis spreads, it can affect bone marrow, the liver, spleen, lymph nodes, mouth, intestines, brain, and the adrenal glands...”
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“...Hodgkin's disease may occur in a single lymph node, a group of lymph nodes, or, sometimes, in other parts of the lymphatic system such as the bone marrow and spleen...”
Hypercellularity
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“An abnormal increase in the number of cells present, for example in the bone marrow.”
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“...It is also needed for growth and survival of cells in bone marrow, eye membranes, and the intestines...”
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“Inositol plays an important part in the health of cell membranes especially the specialized cells in the brain, bone marrow, eyes and intestines...”
Intrinsic Factor
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“...it slips from one protein to the other, and into the cell membranes where its handed over to the specialized blood protein that can carry it safely to the final target tissues (3 times out of 4, the bone marrow). Apparently cyanocobalamin (B12) has "parts that fall off", radicals that twirl around in five directions on three charge potentials, and is generally not very durable.”
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“...Iron is an essential component of the hemoglobin molecule: without iron the bone marrow is unable to produce hemoglobin...”
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“...The body stores iron in the liver, spleen, kidneys and bone marrow as ferritin, hemosiderin and siderophilin...”
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“...Chemotherapy can affect the heart and suppress bone marrow function, causing a drop in the number of white blood cells...”
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“...Polycythemia (too many red blood cells; sometimes caused by cancerous tumors in the kidney that trigger the release of erythropoietin [EPO], a hormone that increases red blood cell production in bone marrow); Hypercalcemia (high blood calcium levels) and elevated liver enzymes...”
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“Leukemia is a type of cancer of the blood and bone marrow; it is a general term used to describe a wide range of conditions, the common feature of which is elevated levels of immature white blood cells...”
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“Cancer of the lymph glands and bone marrow resulting in overproduction of white blood cells (related to Hodgkin's disease).”
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Your eosinophil count
“...Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia (CEL) is a disease in which too many eosinophils are made in the bone marrow.”
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...the condition
“...They originate in the bone marrow and then migrate to the thymus gland (hence the 'T'), where they are trained to respond to a particular target...”
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“...An unusually high white blood cell count can indicate an infection, hypersplenism, bone marrow depression (drugs, radiation or heavy metal poisoning) or primary bone marrow disorders such as leukemia...”
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“...The primary lymphoid organs include the bone marrow and thymus...”
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“A type of white blood cell found in lymph, blood, and other specialized tissue such as bone marrow and tonsils, constituting between 22 and 28 percent of all white blood cells in the blood of a normal adult human being...”
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“...They, like their first cousin basophils, are produced in the red bone marrow and migrate to the appropriate tissues, where they stay...”
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“...Systemic mastocytosis is caused by mast cells accumulating in the tissues and can affect organs such as the liver, spleen, bone marrow, and small intestine...”
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“A condition in which the bone marrow produces large, abnormal, immature red blood cells (megaloblasts)...”
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“...Both vitamin B12 and folic acid are essential in the bone marrow for the production of healthy red blood cells in sufficient amounts...”
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Iron
“...failed to respond to iron supplementation; A decreased response to iron therapy when initial serum iron levels were high; A correlation exists between menorrhagia and depleted tissue iron stores (bone marrow) irrespective of serum iron level, thus serum ferritin may be a better test than serum iron; A well-controlled study showed improvement in 75% of those on iron supplementation, compared...”
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“...Monocytes are produced in the bone marrow and then enter the bloodstream, where they account for about 1 to 10% of the circulating leukocytes (200 to 600 monocytes per microliter of blood)...”
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“...As tumors grow inside the bone marrow, they invade the hard, outer part of the bone...”
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“...Syndrome, MDS, Pre-leukemia, Preleukemia, Smoldering Leukemia Preleukemia, or myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), is a condition that can occur when some of the blood-forming cells in the bone marrow are damaged, leading to lower numbers of one or more type of blood cells...”
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Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)
“About one-third of patients with Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS, or preleukemia) will develop overt leukemia – a rapidly growing cancer of bone marrow cells called acute myeloid leukemia (AML).”
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“...Myelofibrosis is a rare disease in which bone marrow is gradually replaced by fibrous scar tissue...”
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“A condition in which the normal bone marrow is replaced by fibrous tissue (the connective tissue of the body).”
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“...Disease (MPD) Myeloproliferative disorders are a group of slow-growing blood cancers in which large numbers of abnormal red blood cells, white blood cells, or platelets grow in the bone marrow and circulate in the blood...”
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“...In addition to those listed below, other causes include ... Infections that cause damage to the bone marrow...”
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Aplastic Anemia
“Aplastic anemia reduces the bone marrow's ability to produce white blood cells.”
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Leukemia
“Leukemia causes decreased production of neutrophils because they are crowded out of the bone marrow by the early forms of white blood cells.”
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Myelodysplastic Syndrome
“The most common type of granulocyte (white blood cell with granules) in bone marrow is the neutrophil...”
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Radiation Poisoning
“Radiation therapy or exposure can damage the bone marrow.”
...the condition
“...Neutrophils are produced in the bone marrow, released into the blood, circulate briefly, and migrate into tissue spaces and onto epithelial surfaces...”
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Sepsis
“Inflammation, sepsis, necrosis, and immune-mediated disease can cause increased tissue demand and increased bone marrow release of neutrophils.”
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Essential Thrombocythemia
“Essential thrombocythemia is a myeloproliferative disorder that causes proliferation of bone marrow cells.”
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Myelofibrosis
“Primary myelofibrosis is a myeloproliferative disorder that causes proliferation of bone marrow cells.”
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Polycythemia Vera
“Polycythemia vera is a myeloproliferative disorder that causes proliferation of bone marrow cells.”
...the condition
“...This type of cancer can spread to almost any part of the body, including the liver, bone marrow, and spleen...”
...the condition
“...Nutritional anemias are associated with poor bone marrow cell production and low reticulocyte counts and indices...”
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“...All three are characterized by the presence of Gaucher (lipid-laden) cells in the bone marrow and other organs such as the spleen and liver...”
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“Platelets are the small, rather uniform fragments of large bone marrow cells that aid the blood in coagulation, hemostasis, inflammation, and thrombus formation...”
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“...One of the first steps in the process involves small cells in the bloodstream called platelets, which are produced in the bone marrow. Platelets gather at the site of an injury and clump together to form a plug, or aggregate, that helps to limit the loss of blood and promote healing...”
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“...Rarely, a bone marrow biopsy is needed...”
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Conventional Drug Use
“...Both can cause liver and bone marrow side-effects and require regular blood monitoring...”
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“...Mitomycin is associated with bone marrow, kidney, mucous membrane, and pulmonary toxicity, as well as kidney failure...”
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“Sideroblastic anemia is a term used to describe a group of rare blood disorders characterized by the bone marrow's inability to manufacture normal red blood cells...”
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“T cells are lymphocytes that are produced in the bone marrow and mature in the thymus...”
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“...Examples include infertility, lack of libido or erectile dysfunction, osteoporosis, penile enlargement, height growth, bone marrow stimulation and reversal of anemia, and even appetite stimulation...”
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“...The bone marrow works at an extraordinary pace in an attempt to compensate for the anemia...”
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“...The thymus is the site where bone marrow progenitor cells migrate and differentiate into various T-cells...”
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“...Laboratory findings include ... Positive bone marrow culture for S. typhi occurs even when blood cultures are negative...”
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“...The serum B12 test may produce false "normal" or "high" indications because of inactive B12 analogs in the blood from foods such as sea vegetables, or due to a body's last ditch dump from its bone marrow stores in response to severe deficiency...”