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The magic pills, Bud and Yvonne
Description:
Interviewee: Yvonne
Yvonne talks about the magic pills Bud took.
Transcript:
I always call them the magic pills, I think he started taking them on April the 26th of 99 and by May the 17th he was normal on his white blood count. Absolutely normal.
Keywords:
chronic myeloid leukemia,white blood count,magic pills,gleevec,romine,cml,yvonne,leukemia,bud
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