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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: MEDICAL ONCOLOGY

Double remission of simultaneously occurring secondary AML and CLL by venetoclax monotherapy

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Pages 888-890 | Received 04 Jan 2019, Accepted 18 Feb 2019, Published online: 08 Mar 2019

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