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Cancer in neonates and infants†
Helen Vasilatou-Kosmidis MD,
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Helen Vasilatou-Kosmidis MD
Department of Oncology, Aglaia Kyriakou Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
Children's Hospital Aglaia Kyriakou, Athens 11527, Greece.Search for more papers by this authorHelen Vasilatou-Kosmidis MD,
Corresponding Author
Helen Vasilatou-Kosmidis MD
Department of Oncology, Aglaia Kyriakou Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
Children's Hospital Aglaia Kyriakou, Athens 11527, Greece.Search for more papers by this author†
This article was presented in part at the Second European Congress of Pediatric Surgical Oncology on 20–23 September 2001 in Thessaloniki, Greece.
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Helen Vasilatou-Kosmidis is the Director of the Department of Oncology.
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