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This work was supported by Public Health Service grants CA-63753, CA-93738, CA-100866, and CA88906 from the National Cancer Institute, award 6045-03 from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of America, and a Translational Research award from the V-foundation.

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Dai, Y., Grant, S. (2008). CDK Inhibitors in Multiple Myeloma. In: Lonial, S. (eds) Myeloma Therapy. Contemporary Hematology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-564-0_22

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