Lung Cancer
Volume 69, Issue 2 , Pages 249-250 , August 2010

Pemetrexed-induced edema of the eyelid

Received 15 April 2010

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doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2010.04.024

Lung Cancer
Volume 69, Issue 2 , Pages 249-250 , August 2010

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