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Anaplastic astrocytoma post radiotherapy of pineal germinoma.
Dra. Martha Tena-Suck – Departamento de Neuropatología / Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía “Manuel Velasco Suárez” Av. Insurgentes Sur, 3788 Col. La fama, Delegación Tlalpan C.P. 14269 México DF México. E-mail: [email protected] Intracranial germ cell tumors (GCTs), especially pineal tumors have attracted the special attention of neuropathologists and neurosurgeons because of ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0004-282X
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2009000400028