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International Journal of Pediatrics & Neonatal Care Volume 1 (2015), Article ID 1:IJPNC-109, 3 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2455-2364/2015/109
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Diagnosis and Treatment in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia for General Pediatricians

Der-Cherng Liang

Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Children’s Hospital and School of Medicine Mackay Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan
Dr. Der-Cherng Liang, Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Children’s Hospital and School of Medicine Mackay Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan; E-mail: dcliang@mmh.org.tw
21 March 2015; 19 September 2015; 21 September 2015
Liang DC (2015) Diagnosis and Treatment in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia for General Pediatricians. Int J Pediatr Neonat Care 1: 109. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2455-2364/2015/109
This work is supported by a Grant No MMH-E-103-09 from Mackay Children’s Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
© 2015 Liang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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