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. 1951 Jul;43(4):211–240.

An Evaluation of Folic Acid Antagonists in Adults with Neoplastic Diseases *

Jane C Wright, Aaron Prigot, Barbara P Wright, Solomon Weintraub, Louis T Wright
PMCID: PMC2616951  PMID: 14850976

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