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Drug Evaluation

A Review Discussing Elotuzumab and its Use in the Second-Line Plus Treatment of Multiple Myeloma

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Pages 319-329 | Received 29 Jul 2017, Accepted 06 Oct 2017, Published online: 01 Nov 2017

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