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. 1990 Jan;116(1):109–111. doi: 10.1007/BF01612651

Multiple myeloma: biology and therapy

21st Symposium of the Gesellschaft zur Bekämpfung der Krebskrankheiten (GBK), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, June 1989

Bart Barlogie 1,, Joshua Epstein 1
PMCID: PMC12200314  PMID: 2312600

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Abbreviations used

IL

interleukin

Footnotes

Supported in part by grants CA37161, CA28771 and CA23077 from the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.

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