How I Treat Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia

Reena Nair; Vivek S. Radhakrishnan

doi:10.1055/s-0041-1732942

Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology, Inhaltsverzeichnis

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2021; 42(03): 286-292
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1732942

How I Treat

How I Treat Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia

Reena Nair

¹Department of Clinical Haematology Oncology, Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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Vivek S. Radhakrishnan

¹Department of Clinical Haematology Oncology, Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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