Treatment principle for pediatric brain tumors

Do Hoon Lim

doi:10.5124/jkma.2012.55.5.418

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Lim: Treatment principle for pediatric brain tumors

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Pediatric Brain Tumors

Journal of the Korean Medical Association

Journal of the Korean Medical Association 2012; 55(5): 418-419.

Published online: May 16, 2012

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5124/jkma.2012.55.5.418

Treatment principle for pediatric brain tumors

Do Hoon Lim, MD

Department of Radiation Oncology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Corresponding author: Do Hoon Lim, dh8.lim@samsung.com

Received April 23, 2012 Accepted April 29, 2012

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