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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · South Asian J Cancer 2017; 06(01): 038-039
DOI: 10.4103/2278-330X.202570
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Lomustine induced acute pulmonary toxicity in a pediatric medulloblastoma survivor

Venkatraman Radhakrishnan
Department of Medical Oncology, Adyar Cancer Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
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Jayachandran Perumal
Department of Medical Oncology, Adyar Cancer Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
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Shirley Sundersingh
Department of Pathology, Adyar Cancer Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
,
Tenali Sagar
Department of Medical Oncology, Adyar Cancer Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
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