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Chemotherapy as first line treatment for oligodendroglioma

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  1. Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Ioannina, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, University Campus, Ioannina, 45110, Greece

    Athanassios P. Kyritsis

  2. Neurosurgical Institute, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, 45110, Greece

    Athanassios P. Kyritsis

  3. Department of Neuro-oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Vinay K. Puduvalli & Victor A. Levin

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Kyritsis, A.P., Puduvalli, V.K. & Levin, V.A. Chemotherapy as first line treatment for oligodendroglioma. J Neurooncol 86, 361–362 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-007-9465-5

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