Acute tumor lysis syndrome secondary to hydroxycarbamide in chronic myelomonocytic leukemia
β Scribed by Zaher K. Otrock; Ali T. Taher; Rami A.R. Mahfouz; Jawad A. Makarem; Ali I. Shamseddine
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 235 KB
- Volume
- 81
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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