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A case of giganto-cellular glioblastoma multiforme occurring in the lumbosacral spinal cord is described.
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Supported in part by US Public Health Grant NS06239 from the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke
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Roessmann, U., Weiss, M.H. Giganto-cellular glioblastoma of the lumbosacral spinal cord. Acta Neuropathol 20, 264–266 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00686908
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