Pancytopenia after accidental overdose of methotrexate A complication of low‐dose therapy for rheumatoid arthritis
- 1 October 1991
- journal article
- case report
- Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 155 (7) , 493-494
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1991.tb93850.x
Abstract
Objective: Pancytopenia is an unusual complication of low‐dose methotrexate therapy in rheumatoid arthritis. We report a near fatal case that followed an accidental overdose. Clinical features: An 80...Keywords
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