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Original Article: Clinical

Acute myeloid leukemia in patients older than 75: prognostic impact of FLT3-ITD and NPM1 mutations

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Pages 147-150 | Received 08 Jan 2014, Accepted 05 Apr 2014, Published online: 16 Jun 2014

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