Compliance with taking imatinib mesylate in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia in the chronic phase
β Scribed by Toru Kiguchi; Tetsuzo Tauchi; Yoshikazu Ito; Keisuke Miyazawa; Yukihiko Kimura; Kazuma Ohyashiki
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 485 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0145-2126
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