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Leukemia, myelogenous

Condition in which the bone marrow makes too many white blood cells.

Early symptoms include fatigue and night sweats.

Treatment may be by radiation, chemotherapy, biological therapy, or bone- marrow transplant.

Also known as chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), chronic granulocytic leukemia

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