0 a condition in which scar tissue grows in the bone marrow so that not enough blood cells are produced for the body --
In primary myelofibrosis, progressive scarring (fibrosis) of the bone marrow occurs, for the reasons discussed above.
She currently suffers from myelofibrosis, a bone-marrow disorder that affects the red blood cells.
Myelofibrosis is a form of myeloid metaplasia, and often the two terms are used synonymously.
Seen in bone marrow failure, myelofibrosis and extramedullary haemopoiesis.
Dacrocytosis can be associated with myelophthisic anemia, commonly caused by myelofibrosis.
Hairy cell leukemia was originally described as histiocytic leukemia, malignant reticulosis, or lymphoid myelofibrosis in publications dating back to the 1920s.
For the disease chronic idiopathic myelofibrosis, see myelofibrosis.
Older terms include myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia and agnogenic myeloid metaplasia.
