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Letters to the Editor

Response to lenalidomide in a patient with myelodysplastic syndrome with isolated del(5q) and JAK2 V617F mutation

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Pages 1941-1943 | Received 19 May 2010, Accepted 30 Jun 2010, Published online: 17 Sep 2010

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