Abstract
A cute leukaemias are malignant disorders that arise from the clonal proliferation of a single haematopoietic stem cell. The morbidity and mortality associated with acute leukaemias are due to the effects of bone marrow failure which arises from the accumulation of abnormal blood cells in the bone marrow.
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