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The influence of BCL2, BAX, and ABCB1 gene expression on prognosis of adult de novo acute myeloid leukemia with normal karyotype patients Cover

The influence of BCL2, BAX, and ABCB1 gene expression on prognosis of adult de novo acute myeloid leukemia with normal karyotype patients

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|Apr 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2023-0017 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
Language: English
Page range: 239 - 248
Submitted on: Jan 12, 2023
Accepted on: Mar 30, 2023
Published on: Apr 20, 2023
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