Cytogenetic findings in patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia and a case of CML blast crisis with promyelocytic proliferation
β Scribed by P.R. Kadam; A.A. Merchant; S.H. Advani
- Book ID
- 119104759
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 721 KB
- Volume
- 50
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0165-4608
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