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. 1964 Apr;43(4):621–629. doi: 10.1172/JCI104947

Methotrexate Displacement in Man*

D G Johns 1,2,†, J W Hollingsworth 1,2, A R Cashmore 1,2, I H Plenderleith 1,2,‡, J R Bertino 1,2
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