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Manley, P.W. Evidence supporting that the attribution of first success in use of arsenic for the treatment of leukaemia should be to David Lissauer (1836–1892). Leukemia 36, 1697–1698 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41375-022-01608-y
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