Successful combination treatment of a bifocal secretory germinoma with brain stem compression in a 17-year-old girl
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Corresponding author: Justyna Chalubinska-Fendler MD, PhD Department of Radiotherapy Medical University of Lodz 4 Paderewskiego St 93-509 Lodz, Poland Phone: +48 42 689 55 67 E-mail: [email protected] 1Department of Radiotherapy, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland 2 Department of Paediatrics, Oncology, Haematology and Diabetology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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دوره 12 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2016