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. 2009 Jan 11;24(4):186–187. doi: 10.1007/s12288-008-0045-4

Early CNS toxicity after intrathecal methotrexate

Sanju Cyriac 1,, Rejiv Rajendranath 1, T G Sagar 1
PMCID: PMC3475423  PMID: 23100961

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