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EHA-SWG Scientific Meeting on Aging and Hematology

Dates: October 12-14, 2018
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Chair: D Bron

Organized by:
EHA & the EHA Scientific Working Group on Aging and Hematology

Organizing committee:

D Bron, Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium
L Adès, Hopital Saint Louis, Paris, France
R Cordoba, Fundacion Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
T Fulöp, Université…

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