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A Case of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia during Gefitinib Treatment

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  1. Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Cancer Institute Hospital, 135-8550, Tokyo, Japan

    Daisuke Ennishi, Yasuhito Terui & Kiyohiko Hatake

  2. Department of Hematology, Kure Kyosai Hospital, Kure, Japan

    Daisuke Ennishi, Nobuo Sezaki & Norihiko Hino

  3. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Higashihiroshima Medical Center, Higasihiroshima, Japan

    Tadasi Senoo

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Ennishi, D., Sezaki, N., Senoo, T. et al. A Case of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia during Gefitinib Treatment. Int J Hematol 84, 284–285 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1532/IJH97.06149

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