dictionary help| RAEB --> refractory anaemia with excess blasts | medical dictionary |
<haematology> A form of myelodysplasia characterised by the build up of immature white blood cells (blasts) in the bone marrow.
If the immature cells are particularly numerous it may indicate a chance of transformation to acute leukaemia and the condition is called refractory anaemia with excess blasts in transformation (RAEBt).
Acronym: RAEB
American spelling: refractory anemia with excess blasts
(13 Nov 1997)
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