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is a disease that affects blood-forming tissues, mainly bone marrow. also affects the lymph glands and spleen. causes the body to produce an extreme amount of abnormal white blood cells. This causes infections because the abnormal cells cannot stop infecti ....

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.... are abnormal or immature. In Granulocytic Leukemia this causes an increase in white blood cells known as granulocytes. Granulocytes are made in the bone marrow, and other tissue. Granulocytes that are affected by leukemia cannot fight of infections. There are two ways in which leukemia can occur. One is acute, and the other is chronic. Acute leukemia is found most in children. It progresses rapidly. Acute leukemia causes red blood cells to decrease, the cells are then replaced by abnormal ones. This causes anemia. Life expectancy is short without proper treatment. Chronic leukemia is most common in adults. It progresses slo ....