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Reporting a series of 27 supratentorial glioblastomas in pediatric patients treated surgically in the Department of Neurosurgical Sciences-Neurosurgery Section—of “La Sapienza” University of Rome, we discuss the principal clinical features, treatment and prognosis of the tumour with reference to the salient published series.
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Artico, M., Cervoni, L., Celli, P. et al. Supratentorial glioblastoma in children: a series of 27 surgically treated cases. Child's Nerv Syst 9, 7–9 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00301926
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