Incidence and patterns of neuraxis metastases in children with diffuse pontine glioma★
✍ Scribed by Sridharan Gururangan; Colleen A. McLaughlin; James Brashears; Melody A. Watral; James Provenzale; R. Edward Coleman; Edward C. Halperin; Jennifer Quinn; David Reardon; James Vredenburgh; Allan Friedman; Henry S. Friedman
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 304 KB
- Volume
- 77
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-594X
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