Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Imatinib in Gist Patients
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Can therapeutic drug monitoring increase the safety of Imatinib in GIST patients?
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Oncology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0923-7534
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdu354.18