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Letters to the Editor: BiGART 2023 Issue

Radiation dose to sleep-relevant brain structures linked to impaired sleep quality in primary brain tumor patients

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Pages 1520-1525 | Received 22 May 2023, Accepted 10 Aug 2023, Published online: 09 Sep 2023

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