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Extradural Middle Fossa Approach to a Clear Cell Meningioma in a Child

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

James King
Affiliation:
Departments of Pathology and Neurosurgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Michael Cusimano
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cynthia Hawkins
Affiliation:
Departments of Pathology and Neurosurgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Peter Dirks*
Affiliation:
Departments of Pathology and Neurosurgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
*
The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8, Canada
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Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2009

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