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Alfonso Quintas-Cardama; Hagop Kantarjian; Susan O'Brien; Guillermo Garcia-Maner
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Article
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2004
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract ## BACKGROUND Imatinib mesylate administration has become standard treatment for patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). Although the safety profile of imatinib is favorable, Grade ≥ 3 neutropenia (according to the National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria) occurs in