Thioguanine versus mercaptopurine for therapy of childhood lymphoblastic leukaemia: a comparison of haematological toxicity and drug metabolite concentrations
- 1 July 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in British Journal of Haematology
- Vol. 102 (2) , 439-443
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2141.1998.00812.x
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