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Letter to the Editor

Results of therapy in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in over 50 years of experience in a single center in Poland

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Pages 2212-2214 | Received 29 Jan 2014, Accepted 09 Dec 2014, Published online: 09 Feb 2015

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