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COMMENTARY

Sidney Farber and the Treatment of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia with a Chemotherapeutic Agent

Domenico RibattiSection of Human Anatomy and Histology, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Bari Medical School, Bari, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 299-302 | Received 17 Mar 2012, Accepted 20 Mar 2012, Published online: 08 May 2012

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