Treatment of acute myelogenous leukemia: Influence of three induction regimens and maintenance with chemotherapy or BCG immunotherapy
β Scribed by George A. Omura; W. Ralph Vogler; John Lefante; Harold Silberman; William Knospe; David Gordon; Rhonda Jarrell
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 651 KB
- Volume
- 49
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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