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Application of Glutamine-enriched nutrition therapy in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
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Pui, CH., Evans, W. & Relling, M. Are children with lesser-risk B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia curable with antimetabolite therapy?. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 5, 130–131 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncponc1035
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