Superstition but not distrust in the medical system predicts the use of complementary and alternative medicine in a group of patients with acute leukemia.

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Published in Leuk Lymphoma on February 01, 2008

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Maria Teresa Lourenco, Andrew Walsh, Heather Boon, Murtadha Al-Khabouri, Joseph Brandwein, Vikas Gupta, Andre Schuh, Karen Yee, Gary Rodin, Aaron D Schimmer

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