Successful treatment with a low-dose cisplatin–etoposide regimen for patients with diencephalic syndrome

Iacopo Sardi1, Cecilia Bresci1, Elisabetta Schiavello2, Veronica Biassoni2, Valentina Fratoni3, Stefania Cardellicchio1, Lorenzo Genitori4, Maurizio Aricó1, Maura Massimino2
1Department of Pediatric Hematology Oncology, A.O.U. Meyer Children’s Hospital, Florence, Italy
2Pediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy
3Department of Gastroenterology, A.O.U. Meyer Children’s Hospital, Florence, Italy
4Department of Neuroscience, A.O.U. Meyer Children’s Hospital, Florence, Italy

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