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whereas common effects in leukaemia are the development of infections, severe anaemia, and a tendency to bleeding |
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even if the most important effect of leukaemia on the body is the excessive use of metabolic substrates by the growing cancerous cells |
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that tremendous demands are made on the body fluids for foodstuffs, especially the amino acids and vitamins |
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while leukaemia is usually characterized by greatly increased numbers of abnormal white blood cells in the circulating blood |
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unless leukaemic cells are nonfunctional in providing the usual protection against infection associated with white blood cells |