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Original Articles: Clinical

Epidemiology of invasive fungal infections during induction therapy in adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a GRAALL-2005 study

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Pages 586-593 | Received 14 Jan 2016, Accepted 18 Jun 2016, Published online: 11 Jul 2016

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