RT Book, Section A1 Lichtman, Marshall A. A1 Kaushansky, Kenneth A1 Kipps, Thomas J. A1 Prchal, Josef T. A1 Levi, Marcel M. SR Print(0) ID 1126652716 T1 The Acute Myelogenous Leukemias T2 Williams Manual of Hematology, 8e YR 2011 FD 2011 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071622424 LK hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1126652716 RD 2024/10/07 AB Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) is a malignancy originating in a multipotential hematopoietic cell characterized by clonal proliferation of abnormal blast cells in the marrow and impaired production of normal blood cells, resulting in anemia; thrombocytopenia; and low, normal, or high white cell counts depending on the number of leukemic cells in the blood. It occurs in nine morphologic variants, each with characteristic cytologic, genetic, and sometimes clinical features.