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7 - Biologically targeted therapies for myelodysplastic syndromes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 August 2009

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Andrew J. Buresh  and
Alan F. List
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Peter L. Greenberg
Andrew J. Buresh
Affiliation:
University of Arizona Medical Center, Tucson, AZ, USA
Alan F. List
Affiliation:
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
Peter L. Greenberg
Affiliation:
Stanford University School of Medicine, California
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Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Clinical and Biological Advances
 , pp. 173 - 208
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