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Based on a presentation to the Journal Club. Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.

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Khanna, K.K. Chemotherapy of acute leukemia in childhood. Indian J Pediatr 35, 561–569 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02759680

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