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Emergence of del(20q) in a patient in molecular remission of chronic myelogenous leukemia during imatinib treatment, with reduction following imatinib discontinuation

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Pages 201-202 | Received 25 Feb 2015, Accepted 29 Mar 2015, Published online: 12 May 2015

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