Exam 9: The Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Systems

The most common form of leukemia in children younger than the age of 5 years is:

The sickling of red blood cells of patients with sickle cell anemia can be induced in vitro by adding:

Which of the following lymphomas is classified as a low-grade lymphoma?

The most common symptom of lymphomas is:

All of the following are hemolytic anemias caused by red blood cell abnormalities (intracorpuscular defects)except:

Consumption of platelets associated with widespread hemorrhages is a feature of:

The diagnostic feature of multiple myeloma is best documented by:

Fibrin split products are typically found in the urine of patients who have:

All the following findings are typical of secondary polycythemia except:

Aplastic anemia is most often:

Sickle cell hemoglobin is routinely identified in the laboratory by:

Which of the following leukemias has the best prognosis without chemotherapy?

Which virus is a proven cause of leukemia/lymphoma in humans?

Microcytic hypochromic anemia with low hemosiderin stores in the bone marrow will respond favorably to treatment with:

Punched-out bone lesions of the calvaria seen by x-ray examination are typical of:

Epstein-Barr virus,a possible cause of Burkitt's lymphoma,has a predilection for infecting:

Macrocytic,megaloblastic anemia occurs typically in association with:

Thalassemia minor is a disease involving the gene that encodes:

Overall,the most common form of leukemia is: