Extramedullary blast crisis in a patient with Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myelogenous leukemia in complete cytogenetic remission
β Scribed by Susan O'Brien; Richard Witt; Moshe Talpaz; Hagop Kantarjian
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 356 KB
- Volume
- 67
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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