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Original Article: Clinical

Differences between unselected patients and participants in multiple myeloma clinical trials in US: a threat to external validity

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Pages 2827-2832 | Received 04 Feb 2016, Accepted 19 Mar 2016, Published online: 22 Apr 2016

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