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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · South Asian J Cancer 2019; 08(02): 107-123
DOI: 10.4103/sajc.sajc_158_18
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Chronic myeloid leukemia with a rare fusion transcript, b2a3 (e13a3) BCR–ABL1: A report of four cases from India

Sudha Sazawal
Department of Hematology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
,
Sunita Chhikara
Department of Hematology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
,
Kanwaljeet Singh
Department of Hematology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
,
Rekha Chaubey
Department of Hematology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
,
Manoranjan Mahapatra
Department of Hematology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
,
Tulika Seth
Department of Hematology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
,
Renu Saxena
Department of Hematology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
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