Low-grade gliomas and leptomeningeal dissemination: a poorly understood phenomenon.

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Published in Childs Nerv Syst on April 05, 2003

Authors

Giorgio Perilongo1, Maria Luisa Garrè, Felice Giangaspero

Author Affiliations

1: Paediatric Neuro-oncology Program, Division of Haematology-Oncology, Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital of Padova, Via Giustiniani 3, 35128 Padova, Italy. giorgio.perilongo@unipd.it

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