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Angiogenic activity, tested on the chorioallantoid membrane of the chicken embryo, was present in the CSF of patients with meningioma and glioblastoma and in patients with other malignancies with no clinical signs of CNS involvement.
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López-Pousa, S., Ferrier, I., Vich, J.M. et al. Angiogenic activity in CSF in human malignancies. Experientia 37, 413–414 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01959893
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