Acute lymphocytic leukemia: Most common child form of leukemia; can also affect adults especially over 65. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Acute lymphocytic leukemia is available below.
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Leukemia with an acute onset, characterized by the presence of lymphoblasts or Burkitt cells in the bone marrow and the peripheral blood. It includes the precursor B lymphoblastic leukemia, precursor T lymphoblastic leukemia, and Burkitt's leukemia. - (Source - Diseases Database)
Acute leukemia characterized by proliferation of immature lymphoblast-like cells in bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen, and blood; most common in children - (Source - WordNet 2.1)
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