High-grade gliomas

Imaging of Brain Tumors with Histological Correlations

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 157-200

  Drevelegas, Antonios ^a   Karkavelas, George ^b  

^a AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

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EID: 84892019972     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-87650-2_6     Document Type: Chapter

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