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  1. Section for Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

    Ulrika Sandvik & Bengt Gustavsson

  2. Division of Pediatric Oncology, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

    Pernilla Grillner & Stefan Holm

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, R03:2 Karolinska University Hospital, 171 76, Stockholm, Sweden

    Ulrika Sandvik

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Sandvik, U., Grillner, P., Holm, S. et al. Interferon or late effect of radiotherapy?. Childs Nerv Syst 32, 229–230 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-015-3005-y

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