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Skull Base Hemangiopericytoma: Treatment Options

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Mathew B. Kiberd ,
Robert James Macaulay  and
Sean D. Christie
Mathew B. Kiberd
Affiliation:
School of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Robert James Macaulay
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery Division of Neurosurgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Department of Pathology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Sean D. Christie*
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery Division of Neurosurgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
*
3808-1796 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3A7, Canada.
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , January 2010 , pp. 131 - 134
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