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01-01-2012 | Letter to the Editor

Case of pituicytoma in childhood

Authors: Ömer Yılmaz, Aynur Turan, Hasan Yiğit, Mahmut Duymuş, Uğur Koşar

Published in: Child's Nervous System | Issue 1/2012

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Title: Case of pituicytoma in childhood
Authors: Ömer Yılmaz
Aynur Turan
Hasan Yiğit
Mahmut Duymuş
Uğur Koşar
Publication date: 01-01-2012
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Child's Nervous System / Issue 1/2012
Print ISSN: 0256-7040
Electronic ISSN: 1433-0350
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-011-1634-3

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