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A Jehovah's Witness with Acute Myeloid Leukemia Successfully Treated with an Epigenetic Drug, Azacitidine: A Clue for Development of Anti-AML Therapy Requiring Minimum Blood Transfusions
Therapy for acute leukemia in Jehovah's Witnesses patients is very challenging because of their refusal to accept blood transfusions, a fundamental supportive therapy for this disease. These patients are often denied treatment for fear of treatment-related death. We present the first Jehovah...
Autores principales: | Yamamoto, Yumi, Kawashima, Akihito, Kashiwagi, Eri, Ogata, Kiyoyuki |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4202254/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25371835 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/141260 |
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