Pediatric intracranial arachnoid cysts: comparative effectiveness of surgical treatment options.

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Published in Childs Nerv Syst on October 27, 2013

Authors

Zarina S Ali1, Shih-Shan Lang, Dara Bakar, Phillip B Storm, Sherman C Stein

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, 3rd Floor Silverstein Pavilion, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA, zarinasali@gmail.com.

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