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Original Article

Treatment of Relapsed or Refractory AML with Intermediate-dose Arabinosylcytosine (Ara-C): Confirmation of the Importance of Ara-C Triphosphate Formation in Mediating Response to Ara-C

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Pages 115-121 | Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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