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In this article 98 patients with paediatric intraspinal tumours are presented. All were evaluated according to their ages, sex, signs and symptoms. The patients also had radiological and histopathological studies; and the results of surgical, physical medicine and rehabilitation and of radiotherapy are discussed and compared with the results of patients reported in the literature.
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Dincer, F., Dincer, C. & Baskaya, M. Results of the combined treatment of paediatric intraspinal tumours. Spinal Cord 30, 718–728 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1992.139
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