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Clofarabine-based salvage chemotherapy for relapsed or refractory acute leukemia before allogeneic stem cell transplantation: results from a case series

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Pages 2071-2074 | Received 06 Aug 2009, Accepted 19 Sep 2009, Published online: 02 Nov 2009

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