Letter I

Indication

<B>1.</B> In medicine, a condition which makes a particular treatment or procedure advisable.

CML (chronic myeloid leukemia) is an indication for the use of Gleevec (imatinib mesylate).

<B>2.</B> A sign or a circumstance which points to or shows the cause, pathology, treatment, or outcome of an attack of disease.

The presence of the Philadelphia chromosome in peripheral blood cells is an indication of a relapse in CML

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