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Harvey, W.H., Fleming, T.R., Goodman, P.J. et al. Phase II study of trimetrexate in previously untreated patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Invest New Drugs 11, 45–46 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00873909
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