''Leukemia'' is a

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published by the

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. It was established in 1987 by Nicole Muller-Bérat Killman and Sven-Aage Killman, and is currently edited by Professors Andreas Hochhaus and Robert Peter Gale. The journal covers research on all aspects of

leukemia Leukemia ( also spelled leukaemia and pronounced ) is a group of blood cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and result in high numbers of abnormal blood cells. These blood cells are not fully developed and are called ''blasts'' or ' ...

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the ''

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'', the journal had a 2020

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of 11.528. In the past, the journal has been accused of practicing

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