## Abstract Stereotactically guided external beam irradiation may be a useful form of treatment for small, wellβcircumscribed, but surgically inaccessible, primary brain tumors that are either benign or of low malignant potential. Between March 1988 and December 1991, 10 children and adolescents wi
Stereotactic location and delimitation of brain tumors in children
β Scribed by Pierluigi Longatti; Alessandro Carteri
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 524 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0256-7040
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