Disseminated necrotizing leukoencephalopathy: A complication of treated central nervous system leukemia and lymphoma
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1975
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(197502)35:2<291::aid-cncr2820350202>3.0.co;2-v