The Brief Gah Scale (Geriatric Assessment in Hematology) Correlates Well with a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies
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Studies of comprehensive geriatric assessment in patients with cancer.
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عنوان ژورنال: Blood
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0006-4971,1528-0020
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2018-99-116950