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Original Articles: Clinical

Efficacy of single-agent decitabine in relapsed and refractory acute myeloid leukemia

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Pages 2127-2133 | Received 10 Oct 2016, Accepted 28 Jan 2017, Published online: 20 Feb 2017

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