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Expression of large neutral amino acid transporters LAT1 and LAT2 in medulloblastoma

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  1. Unit of Nuclear Medicine, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences and Translational Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Via di Grottarossa 1035, 00189, Rome, Italy

    Francesco Cicone, Luciano Carideo & Francesco Scopinaro

  2. Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Department, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Francesco Cicone & John O. Prior

  3. Unit of Radiotherapy, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences and Translational Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Giuseppe Minniti

  4. IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, IS, Italy

    Giuseppe Minniti, Maria Antonietta Oliva, Felice Giangaspero & Antonietta Arcella

  5. Department of Radiological, Oncological and Anatomo Pathological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Felice Giangaspero

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The cost of this study was partially defrayed by a Grant from Sapienza University of Rome (Avvio alla Ricerca 2015, protocol# C26N15RM38).

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Cicone, F., Minniti, G., Oliva, M.A. et al. Expression of large neutral amino acid transporters LAT1 and LAT2 in medulloblastoma. Brain Tumor Pathol 34, 179–181 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10014-017-0296-6

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