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Treatment of therapy related acute promyelocytic leukemia with the combination of all trans retinoic acid and arsenic trioxide without chemotherapy: a series of three patients

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Pages 933-936 | Received 06 Jan 2010, Accepted 09 Feb 2010, Published online: 30 Mar 2010

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