Malignant cerebral glioma

BMJ

Volumn 314, Issue 7084, 1997, Pages 899-

  Brada, Michael ^a   Thomas, David ^b   Rampling, Roy ^b   Crawford, Peter ^b   Burnet, Neil ^b   Byrne, Paul ^b   Sokal, Michael ^b   Guerrero, Douglas ^a   Hines, Frances ^a   Sardell, Sue ^a   Chappell, Julia ^c   Salander, Pär ^d   Bergenheim, A Tommy ^d   Henriksson, Roger ^d   Burnet, N G ^e   Taylor, R E ^f   Davies, Elizabeth ^g   Hopkins, Anthony ^g   Clarke, Charles ^h  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC Brain Tumour Working Party   (United Kingdom)

^c British APL Association   (United Kingdom)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f United Kingdom   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

^h NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85008284667     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7084.899     Document Type: Letter

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