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Focal brainstem gliomas

Advances in intra-operative management

Abdulrahman J. Sabbagh and Ahmed M. Alaqeel
Neurosciences Journal April 2015, 20 (2) 98-106; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2015.2.20140621
Abdulrahman J. Sabbagh
From the Departments of Pediatric Neurosurgery (Sabbagh), National Neuroscience Institute, King Fahd Medical City, the Faculty of Medicine (Sabbagh), King Saud University for Health Sciences, the Division of Neurosurgery (Alaqeel), Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Alaqeel), Division of Neurosurgery, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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From the Departments of Pediatric Neurosurgery (Sabbagh), National Neuroscience Institute, King Fahd Medical City, the Faculty of Medicine (Sabbagh), King Saud University for Health Sciences, the Division of Neurosurgery (Alaqeel), Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Alaqeel), Division of Neurosurgery, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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