Analysis of thiopurine methyltransferase variant alleles in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
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- 1 June 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in British Journal of Haematology
- Vol. 105 (3) , 696-700
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01416.x
Abstract
The British Journal of Haematology publishes original research papers in clinical, laboratory and experimental haematology. The Journal also features annotations, reviews, short reports, images in haematology and Letters to the Editor.Keywords
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