Teaching NeuroImages: Methotrexate leukoencephalopathy mimicking a transient ischemic attack
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0028-3878,1526-632X
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e3181ed9e48