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01-12-2009 | Letter to the Editor

Disability and physical rehabilitation in patients with advanced hematological malignancies followed in a home care program

Authors: Andrea Tendas, Pasquale Niscola, Micaela Ales, Luca Baraldi, Caterina Boschetto, Emiliano Caiazza, Luca Cupelli, Marco Giovannini, Laura Scaramucci, Gregorio Brunetti, Claudio Cartoni, Franco Mandelli, Paolo de Fabritiis

Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer | Issue 12/2009

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Title: Disability and physical rehabilitation in patients with advanced hematological malignancies followed in a home care program
Authors: Andrea Tendas
Pasquale Niscola
Micaela Ales
Luca Baraldi
Caterina Boschetto
Emiliano Caiazza
Luca Cupelli
Marco Giovannini
Laura Scaramucci
Gregorio Brunetti
Claudio Cartoni
Franco Mandelli
Paolo de Fabritiis
Publication date: 01-12-2009
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer / Issue 12/2009
Print ISSN: 0941-4355
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7339
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-009-0732-1

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