Disseminated retinoblastoma successfully treated with myeloablative chemotherapy – implication for molecular detection of minimal residual disease
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عنوان ژورنال: Bone Marrow Transplantation
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0268-3369,1476-5365
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701740