Improving diagnosis of pediatric central nervous system tumours: aiming for early detection

Affiliations

¹ Pediatric Research in Emergency Therapeutics (PRETx) Program, Department of Pediatrics (Goldman), Division of Hematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Department of Pediatrics (Cheng), and Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery (Cochrane), BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC; Child and Family Research Institute (Goldman, Cheng, Cochrane), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC rgoldman@cw.bc.ca.
² Pediatric Research in Emergency Therapeutics (PRETx) Program, Department of Pediatrics (Goldman), Division of Hematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Department of Pediatrics (Cheng), and Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery (Cochrane), BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC; Child and Family Research Institute (Goldman, Cheng, Cochrane), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.

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Ran D Goldman et al. CMAJ. 2017.

. 2017 Mar 27;189(12):E459-E463.

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.160074. Epub 2016 Nov 28.

¹ Pediatric Research in Emergency Therapeutics (PRETx) Program, Department of Pediatrics (Goldman), Division of Hematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Department of Pediatrics (Cheng), and Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery (Cochrane), BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC; Child and Family Research Institute (Goldman, Cheng, Cochrane), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC rgoldman@cw.bc.ca.
² Pediatric Research in Emergency Therapeutics (PRETx) Program, Department of Pediatrics (Goldman), Division of Hematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Department of Pediatrics (Cheng), and Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery (Cochrane), BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC; Child and Family Research Institute (Goldman, Cheng, Cochrane), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.

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