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Letter

High rate of remissions in chronic myelomonocytic leukemia treated with 5-azacytidine: results of an Italian retrospective study

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Pages 658-661 | Received 29 Jun 2012, Accepted 29 Jul 2012, Published online: 30 Aug 2012

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