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Imaging of Medulloblastoma

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Posterior Fossa Tumors in Children

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Neuroimaging of brain tumors has evolved from a strictly morphology-based discipline to one that encompasses function, physiology, and anatomy.

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  1. Service of Pediatric Neuroradiolgy, Department of Neurosciences, Santobono-Pausilipon Children’s Hospital, Naples, Italy

    Anna Nastro M.D.

  2. Division of Pediatric Neuroradiolgy, Department of Neurosciences, Santobono-Pausilipon Children’s Hospital, Naples, Italy

    Maria Consiglio Buonocore M.D., Domenico Cicala M.D., Emilio Cianciulli M.D. & Daniele Cascone

  3. Division of Radiology, Department of Neurosciences, Federico II University, Via Pansini n. 5, Naples, Italy

    Maria Rita Panico M.D.

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  1. Neurosurgery, Acıbadem University, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

    M. Memet Özek

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    Giuseppe Cinalli

  3. Dept. Neurosurgery, Royal Childrens Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Wirginia Maixner

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    Christian Sainte-Rose

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Nastro, A., Buonocore, M.C., Cicala, D., Cianciulli, E., Cascone, D., Panico, M.R. (2015). Imaging of Medulloblastoma. In: Özek, M., Cinalli, G., Maixner, W., Sainte-Rose, C. (eds) Posterior Fossa Tumors in Children. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11274-9_15

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