Pediatric Neurology
Volume 27, Issue 5 , Pages 333-342 , November 2002

II. Perinatal brain tumors: a review of 250 cases †

  • Hart Isaacs Jr, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology; Children’s Hospital San Diego; San Diego, California, USA
    • Department of Pathology; University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine; La Jolla, California, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCommunications should be addressed to: Dr. Isaacs, Jr.; Department of Pathology, MC 5007; Children’s Hospital San Diego; 3020 Children’s Way; San Diego, CA, 92123, USA.

Received 19 March 2002 ,Accepted 10 June 2002.

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