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Freiburg Neuropathology Case Conference: Widespread Mass Lesions After Resection of a Glioblastoma Multiforme

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    C.A. Taschner & K. Egger

  2. Department of Neuropathology, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    S. Brendecke & M. Prinz

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    A. Weyerbrock

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Taschner, C., Brendecke, S., Weyerbrock, A. et al. Freiburg Neuropathology Case Conference: Widespread Mass Lesions After Resection of a Glioblastoma Multiforme. Clin Neuroradiol 22, 375–380 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-012-0179-5

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