Therapeutic targeting of microenvironmental interactions in leukemia: mechanisms and approaches.

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Published in Drug Resist Updat on July 25, 2009

Authors

Marina Konopleva1, Yoko Tabe, Zhihong Zeng, Michael Andreeff

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. mkonople@mdanderson.org

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