## CORRESPONDENCE Transient Encephalopathy Following High-Dose Methotrexate Sir: Methotrexate can cause acute neurotoxicity characterized by confusion, disorientation, seizures, and focal neurologic deficits [1]. We read with interest the brief report by Peyriere et al. [2] of transient encephalop
Transient tetraparesis after intrathecal and high-dose systemic methotrexate
✍ Scribed by G. Massenkeil; E. Späth-Schwalbe; B. Flath; S. Gottschalk; R. Lehmann; R. Arnold
- Book ID
- 105990409
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 283 KB
- Volume
- 77
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0939-5555
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