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Original Article

Successful Treatment of All-Trans Retinoic Acid Resistant and Chemotherapy Naive Acute Promyelocytic Patients with Arsenic Trioxid-e - Two Case Reports

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Pages 191-194 | Accepted 20 Nov 1999, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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