Pediatric Neurology
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 245-249 , September 2003

Pure subcutaneous seeding from medulloblastoma

  • Marcelo Galarza, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCommunications should be addressed to: Dr. Galarza; Department of Neurosurgery; Sinai Grace Hospital; Detroit Medical Center; Wayne State University, 6071 W Outer Drive; Detroit, MI 48235, USA.
    • Department of Neurosurgery, National Pediatric Hospital Prof. Dr. J. P. Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
    • ,
  • Fidel P Sosa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, National Pediatric Hospital Prof. Dr. J. P. Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Received 19 November 2002 ,Accepted 17 March 2003.

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PII: S0887-8994(03)00215-7

doi: 10.1016/S0887-8994(03)00215-7

Pediatric Neurology
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 245-249 , September 2003

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