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Original Articles: Research

Racial and ethnic disparities in the survival of adolescents and young adults with acute myeloid leukemia: a retrospective study using the US National Cancer Data Base

Urshila DuraniDepartment of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA;
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Ronald S. GoDepartment of Medicine and Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1184-1189 | Received 07 Jun 2016, Accepted 28 Aug 2016, Published online: 03 Nov 2016

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