A multi-institutional retrospective study of intracranial ependymoma in children: identification of risk factors.

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Published in J Pediatr Hematol Oncol on June 16, 1999

Authors

B Horn1, R Heideman, R Geyer, I Pollack, R Packer, J Goldwein, T Tomita, P Schomberg, J Ater, L Luchtman-Jones, K Rivlin, K Lamborn, M Prados, A Bollen, M Berger, G Dahl, E McNeil, K Patterson, D Shaw, M Kubalik, C Russo

Author Affiliations

1: UC/Stanford Health Care, San Francisco, California, USA.

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