Seminars in Oncology
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 410-417 , August 2008

Core Binding Factor Acute Myeloid Leukemia

  • Peter Paschka

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Peter Paschka, MD, Medizinische Klinik II, Klinikum der J.W. Goethe Universität, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

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Seminars in Oncology
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