Radiation doses to children with shunt-treated hydrocephalus
✍ Scribed by Lise Jofrid Holmedal; Eva Godske Friberg; Ingelin Børretzen; Hilde Olerud; Liv Lægreid; Karen Rosendahl
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 168 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0301-0449
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