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C. M. Heaphy and K. C. Schreck equally contributed to this study.
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Heaphy, C.M., Schreck, K.C., Raabe, E. et al. A glioblastoma neurosphere line with alternative lengthening of telomeres. Acta Neuropathol 126, 607–608 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-013-1174-x
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