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Contrary to adult patients, expression of the multidrug resistance gene (MDR1) fails to define a poor prognostic group in childhood AML

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Steinbach, D., Furchtbar, S., Sell, W. et al. Contrary to adult patients, expression of the multidrug resistance gene (MDR1) fails to define a poor prognostic group in childhood AML. Leukemia 17, 470–471 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2402806

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