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Pediatric atypical choroid plexus papilloma reconsidered: increased mitotic activity is prognostic only in older children

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by Deutsche Krebshilfe (DKH110267) and Deutsche Kinderkrebsstiftung (DKS2012.18, 2014.22).

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  1. Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Münster, Pottkamp 2, 48149, Münster, Germany

    Christian Thomas, Vincent Ruland, Werner Paulus & Martin Hasselblatt

  2. Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

    Uwe Kordes & Stefan Hartung

  3. Department of Neuropathology, University Hospital Heidelberg and Clinical Cooperation Unit Neuropathology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Heidelberg, Germany

    David Capper

  4. Institute of Neuropathology, University of Bonn Medical Center, Bonn, Germany

    Torsten Pietsch

  5. Institute of Biostatistics and Clinical Research, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

    Joachim Gerß

  6. Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Cleveland Clinic Children’s, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Johannes E. A. Wolff

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Thomas, C., Ruland, V., Kordes, U. et al. Pediatric atypical choroid plexus papilloma reconsidered: increased mitotic activity is prognostic only in older children. Acta Neuropathol 129, 925–927 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-015-1434-z

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