Bone marrow necrosis preceding acute lymphoblastic leukemia in childhood
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1983
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19831201)52:11<2162::aid-cncr2820521131>3.0.co;2-a