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Adjuvant Drugs Used in Chemotherapy for Neonates and Infants

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There have been few studies of drugs used in neonates and infants. Ninety percent of all off-label drug prescriptions are used in neonatology [101].

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Penteado Schmidt, C.W. (2018). Adjuvant Drugs Used in Chemotherapy for Neonates and Infants. In: Chemotherapy in Neonates and Infants. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70591-0_5

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