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Origins of brain tumors—a disease of stem cells?

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  1. Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics at Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences,

    Elena I Fomchenko & Eric C Holland

  2. professor of cancer biology/genetics and an attending professor of neurosurgery/neurology at Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Elena I Fomchenko & Eric C Holland

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Fomchenko, E., Holland, E. Origins of brain tumors—a disease of stem cells?. Nat Rev Neurol 2, 288–289 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneuro0200

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