Rapid clinical and radiographic improvement after intrathecal trastuzumab and methotrexate in a patient with HER-2 positive leptomeningeal metastases.
Summary of "Rapid clinical and radiographic improvement after intrathecal trastuzumab and methotrexate in a patient with HER-2 positive leptomeningeal metastases."
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Affiliation
Department of Nursing, Beaumont Hospital , Royal Oak, Michigan , USA.
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden)
ISSN: 1651-226X
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Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22655969
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/0284186X.2012.689857
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