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Awake mapping is not an additional surgical technique but an alternative philosophy in the management of low-grade glioma patients

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    Michael Buchfelder & Yining Zhao

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Buchfelder, M., Zhao, Y. Awake mapping is not an additional surgical technique but an alternative philosophy in the management of low-grade glioma patients. Neurosurg Rev 41, 697–698 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10143-018-0960-2

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