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Methotrexate-induced toxic leukoencephalopathy: an uncommon stroke mimic

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  1. Department of Neurology and Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

    Roderick P. P. W. M. Maas, Anusha van Samkar & Catharina J. M. Klijn

  2. Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

    Sjoert A. H. Pegge

  3. Department of Hematology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

    Dorothea Evers

  4. Department of Neurology, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

    Anusha van Samkar

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Karin Klijn is supported by a clinical established investigator grant from the Dutch Heart Foundation (2012T077) and an Aspasia grant from ZonMw.

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Maas, R.P.P.W.M., Pegge, S.A.H., Evers, D. et al. Methotrexate-induced toxic leukoencephalopathy: an uncommon stroke mimic. Neurol Sci 40, 1307–1309 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-019-3711-4

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