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Original Article

Correlation of the Site of M-bcr Breakpoint with Chronic Phase Duration, Blastic Crisis Lineage and Thrombocytosis in Ph1-Positive Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

Nora-Athina Viniou First Department of Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece
,
Marina Matzourani First Department of Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Xenophon Yataganas First Department of Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece
,
John Meletis First Department of Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Gerassimosha Pangalis First Department of Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Dimitris Loukopoulos First Department of Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece
Pages 335-339 | Received 12 Aug 1994, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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