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A rare case of a pediatric extraventricular neurocytoma: case report and review of the literature

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Howard Colman, M.D., and Kristin Kraus, M. Sc., for their help with the writing and editing of this paper.

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Garber, S.T., Brockmeyer, D.L. A rare case of a pediatric extraventricular neurocytoma: case report and review of the literature. Childs Nerv Syst 28, 321–326 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-011-1649-9

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