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Acute methotrexate-induced encephalopathy--causal relation to homozygous allelic state for MTR c.2756A>G (D919G)?
Journal of chemotherapy (Florence, Italy) - 1 Aug 2007
Linnebank M, Malessa S, Moskau S, Semmler A, Pels H, Klockgether T, Schlegel U
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Methotrexate (MTX) is widely used in the treatment of hematological diseases. The typical side-effects of high-dose MTX chemotherapy on the CNS range from asymptomatic white matter changes to severe CNS demyelination. MTX neuro - toxicity has been described to be associated with homocysteine and...
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