Large Granular Lymphocyte

Preferred Label : Large Granular Lymphocyte;

NCIt synonyms : LGL; Large Granular Lymphocytes;

NCIt definition : A population of large-sized lymphocytes found in human peripheral blood with slightly eccentric nuclei and abundant cytoplasmic azurophilic granules. This population of cells can be comprised of normal natural killer (NK) cells.;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: A type of white blood cell that contains granules with enzymes that can kill tumor cells or microbial cells.;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000044440;

Details

Origin ID

C12921;

UMLS CUI

C0427526;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissue [NCIt concept]
- Lymphoid Tissue [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- natural killer cell [COVID-19 Thesaurus concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Large granular lymphocytes [LOINC component]
False automatic mappings
- Large granular lymphocyte (cell) [SNOMED CT concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Cell [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Large granular lymphocyte (cell) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Large granular lymphocytes [LOINC component]
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- CTRP Biomarker Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Terminology [NCIt concept]

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