Gamma Knife Radiosurgery As a Treatment Modality for Low-grade Pediatric Brainstem Gliomas: Report of Two Cases

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Journal Childs Nerv Syst

Specialty Pediatrics

Date 2011 Nov 1

PMID 22038187

Citations 4

Authors

Chih-Hsiang Liao

David Hung-Chi Pan

Huai-Che Yang

Hsiu-Mei Wu

Donald Ming-Tak Ho

Tai-Tong Wong

Yang-Hsin Shih

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