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Refractory multiple myeloma treated with homoharringtonine: report of two cases

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  1. Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 79# Qingchun Road, Hangzhou, 310003, People’s Republic of China

    Xiudi Yang, Chunmei Yang, Xingnong Ye, Haitao Meng & Wenbin Qian

  2. Department of Hematology, Zhejiang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 54# Youdian Road, Hangzhou, 310006, People’s Republic of China

    Keding Shao & Yuhong Zhou

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Yang, X., Yang, C., Shao, K. et al. Refractory multiple myeloma treated with homoharringtonine: report of two cases. Ann Hematol 86, 919–921 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-007-0331-5

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