Emergence of secondary acute lymphoblastic leukemia of Burkitt type after treatment of rhabdomyosarcoma
β Scribed by Miyagi, Takashi ;Nagasaki, Akitoshi ;Nakazato, Tetsuro ;Hyakuna, Nobuyuki ;Takasu, Nobuyuki ;Masuda, Masato
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 60 KB
- Volume
- 41
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-1532
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