Does "more" necessarily mean "better"?
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In this issue of Blood, Leon and colleagues describe the effects of romiplostim, athrombopoietin (Tpo) mimetic peptide, in the mouse model of inherited platelet dysfunction because of mutation of the myosin 9 gene.1
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Blood
دوره 119 14 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012