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Research Article| Volume 64, ISSUE 4, P560-573, October 1964

Contrasting incidence of acute monocytic and granulocytic leukemias in P32-treated patients with polycythemia vera and chronic lymphocytic leukemia

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      Abstract

      Evidence is presented on the differing incidence of acute leukemia in two clearly defined populations treated with accurately measured intravenous doses of radioactive phosphorus and followed for a minimum of 8 years after the first dose.
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