Frequency and prognostic impact of the aberrant CD8 expression in 5,523 patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia
โ Scribed by Wolfgang Kern; Ulrike Bacher; Claudia Haferlach; Tamara Alpermann; Frank Dicker; Susanne Schnittger; Torsten Haferlach
- Book ID
- 112071875
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 900 KB
- Volume
- 82B
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1552-4949
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