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Research Article

Multiple Complete Remissions in a Patient with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (M4eo) with Low-dose Cytosine Arabinoside and All- trans Retinoic Acid

E. Jantunen Department of Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, P.O.B. 1777, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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E. Mahlamäki Department of Clinical Chemistry, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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K. Heinonen Department of Clinical Genetics, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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T. Nousiainen Department of Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, P.O.B. 1777, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
Pages 883-885 | Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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