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The Potential Effect of Short-course High-dose Steroid on the Maturation and Apoptosis of Leukemic Cells in a Child with Acute Megakaryoblastic Leukemia

Gönül Hiçsönmez Department of Pediatric Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, İhsan Doğramacı Children's Hospital, Hacettepe University, 06100, Ankara, Turkey
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Mualla Çetin Department of Pediatric Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, İhsan Doğramacı Children's Hospital, Hacettepe University, 06100, Ankara, Turkey
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Hamza Okur Department of Pediatric Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, İhsan Doğramacı Children's Hospital, Hacettepe University, 06100, Ankara, Turkey
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Esra Erdemli Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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Aytemiz Gürgey Department of Pediatric Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, İhsan Doğramacı Children's Hospital, Hacettepe University, 06100, Ankara, Turkey
Pages 1037-1042 | Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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