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Research Article

Outpatient consolidation treatment with clofarabine in a phase 2 study of older adult patients with previously untreated acute myelogenous leukemia

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Pages 435-440 | Received 31 Jan 2011, Accepted 18 Aug 2011, Published online: 24 Oct 2011

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