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Methotrexate leukoencephalopathy mimics acute progressive stroke

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    Ryota Tanaka, Kumi Sasaki-Ikesawa, Hideki Shimura, Kenya Nishioka & Shigeki Tanaka

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    Nobutaka Hattori

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Tanaka, R., Sasaki-Ikesawa, K., Shimura, H. et al. Methotrexate leukoencephalopathy mimics acute progressive stroke. J Neurol 258, 2083–2085 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-011-6053-6

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