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Original Articles: Clinical

The negative prognostic significance of positive direct antiglobulin test in Chinese patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia

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Pages 1482-1487 | Received 18 Apr 2009, Accepted 09 Jun 2009, Published online: 15 Sep 2009

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