MLchartDataset catalogue

NK-LGL leukemia

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-005859

A type of leukemia in which large natural killer (NK) cells (a type of white blood cell) that contain granules (small particles) are found in the blood. It is a chronic disease that may last for a long time and get worse. Also called natural killer-cell large granular lymphocyte leukemia and NK-LGLL.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-005859
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymsnatural killer-cell large granular lymphocyte leukemia; NK-LGLL
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-005859",
  "term": "NK-LGL leukemia",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A type of leukemia in which large natural killer (NK) cells (a type of white blood cell) that contain granules (small particles) are found in the blood. It is a chronic disease that may last for a long time and get worse. Also called natural killer-cell large granular lymphocyte leukemia and NK-LGLL.",
  "synonyms": [
    "natural killer-cell large granular lymphocyte leukemia",
    "NK-LGLL"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/nk-lgl-leukemia/"
}

Record 11,873 of 17,721 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.