A phase I/II study of recombinant interferon alpha 2a and hydroxyurea for chronic myelocytic leukemia
โ Scribed by Anger, B. ;Porzsolt, F. ;Leichtle, R. ;Heinze, B. ;Bartram, C. ;Heimpel, H.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1989
- Weight
- 337 KB
- Volume
- 58
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-0584
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