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Letter to the Editor

Intramedullary spinal cord metastasis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia as the initial manifestation of relapse

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Pages 1214-1216 | Received 23 Jan 2008, Accepted 05 Mar 2008, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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