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Child's Nervous System
Published in: Child's Nervous System 6/2009

01-06-2009 | Letter to the Editor

Response to the letter by Dr. Massimino et al. “Do we really need class 1 evidence to give adjuvant radiation therapy to childhood ependymoma?”

Authors: Andrew Little, Charles Teo

Published in: Child's Nervous System | Issue 6/2009

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Dear Editor: …
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Title
Response to the letter by Dr. Massimino et al. “Do we really need class 1 evidence to give adjuvant radiation therapy to childhood ependymoma?”
Authors
Andrew Little
Charles Teo
Publication date
01-06-2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Child's Nervous System / Issue 6/2009
Print ISSN: 0256-7040
Electronic ISSN: 1433-0350
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-009-0848-0

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