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Acute myeloid leukaemia, a malignancy of the blood-forming tissue, includes acute promyelocytic leukaemia as a subtype (bone marrow). Hematopoietic stem cells produce white blood cells (leukocytes), which guard the body against infection, platelets (thrombocytes), which are involved in blood clotting, and red blood cells (erythrocytes), which transport oxygen.