Medulloblastoma in the first year of life: A report of five cases

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 265-269

  Nishio, Shunji ^a,b   Morioka, Takato ^a   Fukui, Masashi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clinical feature; Infant; Medulloblastoma; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 11544323251     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(98)90060-1     Document Type: Article

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