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Over a 14 yr period, our clinical experience included 92 intracranial neoplasms in children. 53.1 percent of these neoplasms were located supratentorially, while 46 percent were in an infratentorial location. The time honoured concept of predominance of posterior cranial fossa neoplasms, in childhood central nervous system neoplasia, needs revision.
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Maroun, F.B., Jacob, J.C., Heneghan, W.D. et al. Childhood intracranial neoplasms: supra versus infratentorial location. Indian J Pediatr 51, 323–325 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02754681
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02754681