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Clinical course of thrombocytopenia in patients treated with imatinib mesylate for accelerated phase chronic myelogenous leukemia
β Scribed by Hendrik W. van Deventer; Melissa D. Hall; Robert Z. Orlowski; Beverly S. Mitchell; Lee R. Berkowitz; Cathe Hogan; Cherie H. Dunphy; Julie Koehler; Thomas C. Shea
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 113 KB
- Volume
- 71
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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