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Leukemia (cont.)

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Author: Wendy Hu, MD
Editor: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor

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"Leukemia." National Cancer Institute.

Previous contributing editors: Editors: Clarence Sarkodee-Adoo, MD, Consulting Staff, Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation, City of Hope Samaritan BMT Program; Mary L Windle, Pharm D, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine.com, Inc; Samuel Gross, MD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida; Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina; Adjunct Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University.


Last Editorial Review: 8/13/2012

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