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Increased Level of Dihydrofolic Reductase in Leucocytes of Patients Treated with Amethopterin

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  1. J. R. BERTINO: Postdoctoral Fellow of the National Cancer Institute, United States Public Health Service.

  2. R. SILBER: Special Fellow of the National Cancer Institute, United States Public Health Service.

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    J. R. BERTINO, D. R. DONOHUE, B. W. GABRIO, R. SILBER, A. ALENTY, M. MEYER &  F. M. HUENNEKENS

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BERTINO, J., DONOHUE, D., GABRIO, B. et al. Increased Level of Dihydrofolic Reductase in Leucocytes of Patients Treated with Amethopterin. Nature 193, 140–142 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/193140a0

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