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Letter to the Editor

Successful outcome of pregnancy in a patient with chronic myelogenous leukemia exposed to imatinib during the first trimester

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Pages 1149-1150 | Received 01 May 2005, Accepted 14 Sep 2005, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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