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Extraneuraxial metastases in medulloblastoma: is histology and molecular biology important?

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  1. Departments of Radiation Oncology, (TMH and ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, 410210, India

    Tejpal Gupta, Archya Dasgupta & Rakesh Jalali

  2. Departments of Pathology, (TMH and ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Navi Mumbai, India

    Sridhar Epari

  3. Neuro-Oncology Lab, ACTREC, Tata Memorial Centre, Navi Mumbai, India

    Neelam Shirsat

  4. Departments of Pediatric Medical Oncology, (TMH and ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Navi Mumbai, India

    Girish Chinnaswamy

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Gupta, T., Dasgupta, A., Epari, S. et al. Extraneuraxial metastases in medulloblastoma: is histology and molecular biology important?. J Neurooncol 135, 419–421 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-017-2586-6

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