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Pediatric Sinonasal Undifferentiated Carcinoma: Case Report and Literature Review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2016

Jefferson R. Wilson ,
Shobhan Vachhrajani ,
Jennifer Li ,
Melody Sun ,
Cynthia Hawkins  and
James T. Rutka
Jefferson R. Wilson
Affiliation:
Divisions of Neurosurgery and Neuropathology, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Shobhan Vachhrajani
Affiliation:
Divisions of Neurosurgery and Neuropathology, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jennifer Li
Affiliation:
Divisions of Neurosurgery and Neuropathology, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Melody Sun
Affiliation:
Divisions of Neurosurgery and Neuropathology, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cynthia Hawkins
Affiliation:
Divisions of Neurosurgery and Neuropathology, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
James T. Rutka*
Affiliation:
Divisions of Neurosurgery and Neuropathology, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
*
Division of Neurosurgery, The University of Toronto, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Suite 1503, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8, Canada
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 6 , November 2010 , pp. 873 - 877
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1987

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