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Letter

Sustained complete molecular response of chronic myeloid leukemia after discontinuation of second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors

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Pages 1412-1414 | Received 26 Sep 2011, Accepted 12 Dec 2011, Published online: 31 Jan 2012

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