Optimizing therapy for patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia in chronic phase
✍ Scribed by Hagop M. Kantarjian; Jorge Cortes; Paul La Rosée; Andreas Hochhaus
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 270 KB
- Volume
- 116
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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