Biography Tadanori Tomita: ISPN president 2011-2012.

Tadanori Tomita

doi:10.1007/s00381-013-2158-9

Biography Tadanori Tomita: ISPN president 2011-2012.

Tadanori Tomita^*

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Neurological Surgery

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1397-1402
Number of pages	6
Journal	Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery
Volume	29
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-013-2158-9
State	Published - Sep 2013

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Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Clinical Neurology

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