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Leukemias: acute vs. chronic rules of thumb

ABCDE:

Acute is:
Blasts predominate
Children
Drastic course
Elderly
Few WBC's (so Fevers)

Chronic is all the opposites:
Mature cells predominate
Middle aged Less debilitating course
Elevated WBC's, so not a history of fevers and infections

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