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Cerebellar medulloblastoma occuring in brothers

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The case of a medulloblastoma occurring in each of two brothers is reported. The diagnosis was confirmed on histological examinations, at autopsy on one and on an operation specimen from the other.

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Es wird über ein Medulloblastom bei zwei Brüdern berichtet. Die Diagnose wurde histologisch bestätigt, und zwar bei einem Bruder bei der Autopsie, beim anderen in einer chirurgischen Biopsie.

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  1. R. C. Connolly

    Present address: St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London

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  1. Midland Center for Neurosurgery and Neurology, Holly Lane, Smethwick, Staffs, England

    E. R. Bickerstaff, R. C. Connolly & A. L. Woolf

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Bickerstaff, E.R., Connolly, R.C. & Woolf, A.L. Cerebellar medulloblastoma occuring in brothers. Acta Neuropathol 8, 104–107 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00686656

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