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[A man with multiple mucosal lesions and pancytopenia]

Hanneke van Erp-van der Steen1, Mariette C A van Kouwen

  • 1Radboudumc, afd. Maag-, Darm-, en Leverziekten, Nijmegen.

Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde
|May 21, 2015
PubMed
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Methotrexate intoxication can cause severe symptoms like oral ulcers, skin lesions, dehydration, and pancytopenia. Discontinuation of folic acid while using methotrexate increases this risk.

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