Treatment of Children with Brain Tumors in Developing Countries

Neuropediatrics 2012; 43(05): 231
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1327469

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Treatment of Children with Brain Tumors in Developing Countries^[*]

Michael A. Grotzer

¹Department of Paediatric Oncology, University Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

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