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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2006; 27(04): 21-24
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1733187
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Prognostic Significance of Blasts in the Cerebrospinal Fluid Without Pleiocytosis or a Traumatic Lumbar Puncture in Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Experience of the Dutch Childhood Oncology Group

Sameer Khatri
Department of Paediatric Haematology Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre, Rohini Sector - 5, Delhi-110085, India
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Gauri Kapoor
Department of Paediatric Haematology Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre, Rohini Sector - 5, Delhi-110085, India
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