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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Influence of complex variant chromosomal translocations in chronic myeloid leukemia patients treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors

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Pages 506-508 | Received 15 Oct 2009, Accepted 28 Jan 2010, Published online: 24 Mar 2010

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