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Child's Nervous System
Published in: Child's Nervous System 10/2009

01-10-2009 | Editorial

Intracranial ependymoma in children: current status and future trends on diagnosis and management

Authors: Frederick A. Boop, Spyros Sgouros

Published in: Child's Nervous System | Issue 10/2009

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Excerpt

“In the game of pediatric brain tumors, there is only one way to win. That is to remove all of the tumor and to leave the child without a deficit. If the neurosurgeon accomplishes anything less than this, he has not won the game”
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Metadata
Title
Intracranial ependymoma in children: current status and future trends on diagnosis and management
Authors
Frederick A. Boop
Spyros Sgouros
Publication date
01-10-2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Child's Nervous System / Issue 10/2009
Print ISSN: 0256-7040
Electronic ISSN: 1433-0350
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-009-0945-0

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