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Forster, V.J., van Delft, F.W., Baird, S.F. et al. Reply: Methotrexate neurotoxicity due to drug interactions: an inadequate folinic acid effect. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 79, 841–842 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00280-017-3270-4
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