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Twenty-nine primary intraspinal neoplasms in children observed between 1936 and 1975 in Connecticut are reviewed. Most of them were gliomas: 45 per cent astrocytoma, 24 per cent ependymal neoplasm, 10 per cent glioblastoma multiforme and 7 per cent glioma. Symptoms, physical findings and therapy are reviewed.
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Supported in part by Grant NS 10174 from the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke and by the Patrice Sylvester Fund.
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Farwell, J., Dohrmann, G. Intraspinal neoplasms in children. Spinal Cord 15, 262–273 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1977.40
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