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Original Article

Carboxypeptidase G2 Rescue in a 79 Year-Old Patient with Cranial Lymphoma after High-Dose Methotrexate Induced Acute Renal Failure

Angela Krackhardt Medizinische Klinik III, Hämatologie, Onkologie und Transfusionsmedizin, Freie Universität Berlin, Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12200, Berlin, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Stefan Schwartz Medizinische Klinik III, Hämatologie, Onkologie und Transfusionsmedizin, Freie Universität Berlin, Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12200, Berlin, Germany
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Agnieszka Korfel Medizinische Klinik III, Hämatologie, Onkologie und Transfusionsmedizin, Freie Universität Berlin, Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12200, Berlin, Germany
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Eckhard Thiel Medizinische Klinik III, Hämatologie, Onkologie und Transfusionsmedizin, Freie Universität Berlin, Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12200, Berlin, Germany
Pages 631-635 | Received 30 Mar 1999, Published online: 30 Mar 2010

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