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Centralized services and large patient volumes are clinical necessities for a better outcome in pediatric brain tumors

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  1. Department of International Outreach Program, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, MS 260, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA

    Ibrahim Qaddoumi

  2. Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, MS 260, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA

    Ibrahim Qaddoumi

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Qaddoumi, I. Centralized services and large patient volumes are clinical necessities for a better outcome in pediatric brain tumors. Childs Nerv Syst 32, 591–592 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-016-3028-z

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