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Real-life outcomes of unselected acute promyelocytic leukemia patients: a single-center 14-year experience

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|Aug 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjim-2020-0011 | Journal eISSN: 2501-062X | Journal ISSN: 1220-4749
Language: English
Page range: 138 - 145
Submitted on: Feb 10, 2020
Published on: Aug 10, 2020
Published by: N.G. Lupu Internal Medicine Foundation
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