Mitoxantrone and high-dose etoposide for patients with relapsed or refractory acute leukemia
โ Scribed by Susan O'Brien; Kantarjian Hagop; Elihu Estey; Charles Koller; Miloslav Beran; Kenneth McCredie; Michael Keating
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 420 KB
- Volume
- 68
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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