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Research ArticlePediatric Neuroimaging

Imaging Findings and Clinical Analysis of Primary Intracranial Pure Yolk Sac Tumors in Children and Adolescents: A Retrospective Study from China

W. Dai, H. Liu, Y. Chen and Z. Chen
American Journal of Neuroradiology July 2022, 43 (7) 1054-1059; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A7556
W. Dai
aFrom the Department of Radiology, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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H. Liu
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