Racial Differences in Spinal Cord Compression Related Hospitalizations in Patients with Multiple Myeloma
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چکیده
By Samer Al Hadidi, Deepa Dongarwar & 5 more. Non-Hispanic (NH) Black and Hispanic persons with multiple myeloma (MM) face health-related disparities that include lower access to novel therapies under-utilization of autologous stem cell transplantation.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Clinical hematology international
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2590-0048']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.46989/001c.87569