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The Current Status of Therapy for Adult T-cell Leukaemia-Lymphoma in Japan

Yasuaki Yamada Division of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Masao Tomonaga Department of Hematology, Atomic Disease Institute, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan
Pages 611-618 | Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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