Prolonged Disease-Free Survival in an Adult Presenting with Burkitt-Type Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia and CNS Disease

Abstract

Keywords

syngeneic bone marrow transplantation Burkitt type acute lymphoblastic leukaemia CNS disease

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