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Persistent major molecular response to nilotinib therapy in a patient with chronic myeloid leukemia harboring ABL gene T315I mutation

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Pages 3207-3209 | Received 25 Aug 2014, Accepted 22 Feb 2015, Published online: 26 Aug 2015

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