Advances in Hematology
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 495863, 11 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/495863
Review Article

Drug-Induced Hematologic Syndromes

Section of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA

Received 10 November 2008; Accepted 14 May 2009

Academic Editor: Estella M. Matutes

Copyright © 2009 David M. Mintzer et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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