"Leukostasis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Abnormal intravascular leukocyte aggregation and clumping often seen in leukemia patients. The brain and lungs are the two most commonly affected organs. This acute syndrome requires aggressive cytoreductive modalities including chemotherapy and/or leukophoresis. It is differentiated from LEUKEMIC INFILTRATION which is a neoplastic process where leukemic cells invade organs.
| Descriptor ID |
D018921
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C15.378.553.560
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| Concept/Terms |
Leukostasis- Leukostasis
- Leukostases
- Leukostasis Syndrome
- Leukostasis Syndromes
- Syndrome, Leukostasis
- Syndromes, Leukostasis
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leukostasis" by people in Profiles.
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Therapeutic Effects of PPARa Agonist on Ocular Neovascularization in Models Recapitulating Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2017 10 01; 58(12):5065-5075.
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Therapeutic potential of a monoclonal antibody blocking the Wnt pathway in diabetic retinopathy. Diabetes. 2012 Nov; 61(11):2948-57.
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Müller cell-derived VEGF is essential for diabetes-induced retinal inflammation and vascular leakage. Diabetes. 2010 Sep; 59(9):2297-305.