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| Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data |
Munker, Reinhold.
Modern hematology: biology and clinical management / Reinhold Munker, Erhard Hiller, Ronald Paquette.
p. cm.--(Contemporary hematology)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-89603-687-1 (alk. paper)
1. Blood--Diseases. 2. Hematology. I. Hiller, Erhard. II. Paquette, Ronald, 1958 III. Title. IV. Series.
[DNLM: 1. Hematologic Diseases. 2. Hematologic Neoplasms. WH 120 M966m 2000]
RC633.M866 2000
616.1'5--dc21
99-049377 |
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