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Stereotactic guided ablation for subependymal giant cell astrocytomas: does it change the surgical indications?

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Doddamani, R.S., Meena, R., Sawarkar, D. et al. Stereotactic guided ablation for subependymal giant cell astrocytomas: does it change the surgical indications?. Childs Nerv Syst 37, 735–736 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-020-04837-7

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