Surgical Neurology
Volume 71, Issue 3 , Pages 274-279 , March 2009

Brain tumor stem cells: view from cell proliferation

  • Yu Yao, PhD, MD

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    • Yu Yao and Xuqun Tang contributed equally to this work.
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  • Xuqun Tang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Yu Yao and Xuqun Tang contributed equally to this work.
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  • Shiqi Li, MD
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  • Ying Mao, PhD, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 21 62489999; fax: +86 21 62492884.
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  • Liangfu Zhou, MD

Received 8 September 2008 ,Accepted 22 September 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.surneu.2008.09.016

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