A variant 8;21 translocation in acute myeloblastic leukemia
โ Scribed by Nobuo Oguma; Shinichi Misawa; Dr. Joseph R. Testa
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 388 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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