Dose reduction of epoetin-alpha in the prevention of chemotherapy-induced anaemia
✍ Scribed by François Lüthi; Miklos Pless; Serge Leyvraz; Beat Biedermann; Emilie Müller; Richard Hermann; Christian Monnerat
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 133 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0941-4355
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