Major molecular response to imatinib in a patient with chronic myeloid leukemia expressing a novel form of e8a2 BCR-ABL transcript
✍ Scribed by Tchirkov, A; Couderc, J-L; Périssel, B; Goumy, C; Regnier, A; Uhrhammer, N; Verrelle, P; Berger, M
- Book ID
- 110056533
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 94 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0887-6924
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