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A giant fourth-ventricular tuberculoma mimicking a primary posterior fossa tumor Cover

A giant fourth-ventricular tuberculoma mimicking a primary posterior fossa tumor

By: Minh Duc Nguyen  
Open Access
|Aug 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/abm-2021-0024 | Journal eISSN: 1875-855X | Journal ISSN: 1905-7415
Language: English
Page range: 191 - 195
Published on: Aug 20, 2021
Published by: Chulalongkorn University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 6 issues per year

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