Molecular analysis of the bcr rearrangement in a case of Ph‘-negative blastic crisis of Ph’-positive chronic myelogenous leukemia
✍ Scribed by Dr. Cecilia Melani; Letizia Canepa; Mario Sessarego; Maurizio Miglino; Anna Maria Ferraris; Gian Franco Gaetani
- Book ID
- 114791034
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 764 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0902-4441
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