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Methotrexate-induced subacute neurotoxicity in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia carrying genetic polymorphisms related to folate homeostasis.
American journal of hematology - 1 Jan 2011
Vagace Jose Manuel, Caceres-Marzal Cristina, Jimenez Mercedes, Casado Maria Soledad, de Murillo Silvia Gonzalez, Gervasini Guillermo
Abstract excerpt
Subacute methotrexate neurotoxicity (MTX-NT) may occur days to weeks after systemic or intrathecal (IT) MTX administration and is often manifest by stroke-like symptoms. The pathogenesis of MTX-NT has mainly been associated with cerebral folate homeostasis, but the specific mechanism leading to t...
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