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Dasatinib overcomes imatinib and nilotinib failure in Philadelphia chromosome positive chronic myeloid leukemia with different mechanisms of resistance

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Pages 848-850 | Received 09 Nov 2008, Accepted 16 Feb 2009, Published online: 21 Jul 2009

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