Epidural granulocytic sarcoma in acute myeloid leukemia with 8;21 translocation
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19881001)62:7<1299::aid-cncr2820620709>3.0.co;2-t