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The Geriatric Scoring System (GSS) in meningioma patients: response to comments

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Rambam Maimondes Health Care Campus, Haifa Israel Faculty of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, PO Box 9602, Haifa, 31096, Israel

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  2. Molecular Immunology Laboratory, Technion Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

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Cohen-Inbar, O. The Geriatric Scoring System (GSS) in meningioma patients: response to comments. Acta Neurochir 153, 2289–2290 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-011-1154-7

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