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Original Article

Leukemia Cutis in an Elderly Patient Treated with Low Dose Cytosine Arabinoside and Etoposide

Toshiyuki Bohgaki Department of Clinical Immunology and Hematology, Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
,
Atsushi Notoya Department of Clinical Immunology and Hematology, Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
,
Makoto Kondo Department of Clinical Immunology and Hematology, Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
,
Masaya Mukai Department of Clinical Immunology and Hematology, Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
&
Michifumi Kohno Department of Clinical Immunology and Hematology, Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
Pages 433-436 | Received 02 Feb 2000, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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