Best Practice & Research Clinical Haematology
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 367-379 , September 2009

Cause and management of therapy resistance

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doi: 10.1016/j.beha.2009.05.004

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Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 367-379 , September 2009

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