 Blast Crisis
"Blast Crisis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An advanced phase of chronic myelogenous leukemia, characterized by a rapid increase in the proportion of immature white blood cells (blasts) in the blood and bone marrow to greater than 30%.
| Descriptor ID |
D001752
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.337.539.250.100 C04.697.098.500.110 C15.378.190.636.370.100 C23.550.727.098.500.110
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| Concept/Terms |
Blast Crisis- Blast Crisis
- Blast Crises
- Crises, Blast
- Crisis, Blast
- Blast Phase
- Blast Phases
- Phase, Blast
- Phases, Blast
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Blast Crisis".
- Diseases [C]
- Neoplasms [C04]
- Neoplasms by Histologic Type [C04.557]
- Leukemia [C04.557.337]
- Leukemia, Myeloid [C04.557.337.539]
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive [C04.557.337.539.250]
- Blast Crisis [C04.557.337.539.250.100]
- Neoplastic Processes [C04.697]
- Carcinogenesis [C04.697.098]
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic [C04.697.098.500]
- Blast Crisis [C04.697.098.500.110]
- Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases [C15]
- Hematologic Diseases [C15.378]
- Bone Marrow Diseases [C15.378.190]
- Myeloproliferative Disorders [C15.378.190.636]
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive [C15.378.190.636.370]
- Blast Crisis [C15.378.190.636.370.100]
- Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms [C23]
- Pathologic Processes [C23.550]
- Neoplastic Processes [C23.550.727]
- Carcinogenesis [C23.550.727.098]
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic [C23.550.727.098.500]
- Blast Crisis [C23.550.727.098.500.110]
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Blast Crisis".
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