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Activating L265P mutations of the MYD88 gene are common in primary central nervous system lymphoma

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Acknowledgments

The excellent technical assistance of Hatice Önder is appreciated. This work was supported by grants from the Deutsche Krebshilfe/Dr. Mildred Scheel-Stiftung für Krebsforschung (grant no.: 109471), the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (grant no.: De 485/9-1), and the Marga und Walter Boll-Stiftung (grant no.: 210-01-10).

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  1. Department of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

    Manuel Montesinos-Rongen, Elzbieta Godlewska, Anna Brunn & Martina Deckert

  2. German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany

    Otmar D. Wiestler

  3. Institute of Human Genetics, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel and University Hospital Schleswig Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany

    Reiner Siebert

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Montesinos-Rongen, M., Godlewska, E., Brunn, A. et al. Activating L265P mutations of the MYD88 gene are common in primary central nervous system lymphoma. Acta Neuropathol 122, 791–792 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-011-0891-2

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