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Successful Treatment with Imatinib Combined with Less Intensive Chemotherapy (Vincristine and Dexamethasone) as Induction Therapy in a Very Elderly Patient with Philadelphia Chromosome—Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

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  1. Division of Hematology and Oncology, Mie University School of Medicine, 514-8507, Mie, Japan

    Kazuhiro Nishii, Miho Sakakura, Hyou Ryuu & Naoyuki Katayama

  2. Internal Medicine, Takeuchi Hospital, Mie, Japan

    Tetsuya Tsukada

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Nishii, K., Sakakura, M., Tsukada, T. et al. Successful Treatment with Imatinib Combined with Less Intensive Chemotherapy (Vincristine and Dexamethasone) as Induction Therapy in a Very Elderly Patient with Philadelphia Chromosome—Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Int J Hematol 85, 273–274 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1532/IJH97.06216

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