Targeting MYC in multiple myeloma

Leukemia - Tập 32 Số 6 - Trang 1295-1306 - 2018
Katarina Jovanović1, Catherine Roche‐Lestienne1, Irene M. Ghobrial2, Thierry Façon3, Bruno Quesnel1, Salomon Manier2
1IRCL, INSERM UMR-S1172, Univ. Lille, Lille, France
2Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
3Department of Hematology, Univ. Lille,, CHU, Lille, France

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