Abstract:
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journal_name
Br J Haematoljournal_title
British journal of haematologyauthors
Allain JP,Hewitt PE,Tedder RS,Williamson LMdoi
10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01665.xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1999-10-01 00:00:00pages
186-95issue
1eissn
0007-1048issn
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bjh1665journal_volume
107pub_type
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