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10 - Which patients are candidates for JAK inhibitors and how to manage patients on JAK inhibitor treatment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2016

Ruben A. Mesa
Affiliation:
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Arizona
Claire N. Harrison
Affiliation:
Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, London
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Managing Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
A Case-Based Approach
, pp. 79 - 85
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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