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Treatment of ependymomas. Clinical and non-clinical factors influencing prognosis: a review

M. J. T. VERSTEGEN, D. A. BOSCH D. TROOST Departments of Neurosurgery and; (Neuro)Pathology, Academic Medical Centre and the Graduate School of Neurosciences Amsterdam, P.O. Box 22700, 1100 DE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Pages 542-553 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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