Glioblastoma multiforme in childhood: A case report

Clinics

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 923-925

  Borgo, Mauro Cruz Machado ^a   Pereira, Julio Leonardo Barbosa ^a   de Lima, Franklin Bernardes Faraj ^a   Brandão, Rafael Augusto Castro Santiago ^a   de Carvalho, Gervásio Teles C ^a   Costa, Bruno Silva ^a  

^a MG   (Brazil)

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EID: 78249231766     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322010000900016     Document Type: Letter

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