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Letter

Case with chronic myeloid leukemia and T315I mutation, but still in complete molecular response under high dose imatinib therapy

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Pages 1684-1686 | Received 11 Aug 2013, Accepted 24 Sep 2013, Published online: 14 Nov 2013

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