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ALL occurs when immature, malignant white blood cells overproduce and crowd the bone marrow. The cells affected are immature forms of lymphocytes called lymphoblasts. The lymphoblasts out crowd other white blood cells in the marrow this means that healthy cells are out crowded and die off while the immature ones continue to replicate essentially causing the body to have a lot of white blood cells that are flawed and do not protect from infection.

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