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Original Articles: Clinical

A lower dosage of imatinib is sufficient to maintain undetectable disease in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia with long-term low-grade toxicity of the treatment

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Pages 370-375 | Received 26 Feb 2015, Accepted 23 May 2015, Published online: 22 Jun 2015

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