Metabolic characterization of childhood
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Meri Utriainen; Liisa Metsähonkala; Toivo T. Salmi; Tapio Utriainen; Hannu Kalim
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Article
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2002
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract ## BACKGROUND Positron emission tomography (PET) scans of primary brain tumors were performed in pediatric patients to examine whether metabolic characteristics could be used as an index of clinical aggressiveness. ## METHODS Twenty‐seven pediatric patients with untreated primary cen