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Neuroradiological assessment of newly diagnosed glioblastoma

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The authors wish to acknowledge Beverly Murphy for her expert assistance in developing a coherent literature search and Bruce Frankel, MD for his critical review and assistance in organization of the material to be presented. Additionally we wish to thank Stephen Haines, MD, Jack Rock, MD, and Tom Mikkelson, MD for their review and comments on this work. The authors also wish to express appreciation to the AANS/CNS Joint Guidelines Committee for their review, comments and suggestions. We also thank Linda Phillips for meeting organization and collection of materials and Emily Feinstein for her assistance in editing the material for publication.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Duke University of School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA

    Srini Mukundan

  2. Department of Radiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Chad Holder

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University School of Medicine, 1365B Clifton Rd., NE, Ste. 6200, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Jeffrey J. Olson

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Mukundan, S., Holder, C. & Olson, J.J. Neuroradiological assessment of newly diagnosed glioblastoma. J Neurooncol 89, 259–269 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-008-9616-3

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