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Undifferentiated Sarcoma in the Cerebellopontine Angle of an 11-Year-Old Boy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2014

Jeremy M. Hernandez*
Affiliation:
Division of Emergency Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Jetan H. Badhiwala
Affiliation:
Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Benedicto C. Baronia
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, USA
Thorsteinn Gunnarsson
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Boleslaw Lach
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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*Emergency Medicine, Hamilton General Hospital, Division of Emergency Medicine, 2nd Floor Room 252, 237 Barton Street East, Hamilton, Ontario, L8L 2X2, Canada. Email: jeremy.hernandez@medportal.ca
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Copyright
Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2014

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