Evaluation of intensification and maintenance programs in the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia
✍ Scribed by Federico Sackmann-Muriel; Eva Svarch; Mariana Eppinger-Helft; Jorge L. Braier; Santiago Pavlovsky; Liliana Guman; Berta Vergara; Carlos Ponzinibbio; Renato Failace; Guy E. Garay; Enrique Bugnard; Félix G. Ojeda; Roberto de Bellis; Susana R. De Sijvarger; Jorge Saslavsky
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 856 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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