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Primary leptomeningeal melanoma is part of the BAP1-related cancer syndrome

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We thank Sandrine Paindavoine, Aurelie Houlier, Carole Audoynaud, Elise Malandain and Cyrille Py for technical assistance. Sophie Domingues contributed to the editing of this paper.

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    1. Département de Biopathologie, Centre Léon Bérard, 28 rue Laennec, 69 373, Lyon Cedex 08, France

      Arnaud de la Fouchardière, Daniel Pissaloux & Véronique Haddad

    2. Département de Biologie et Pathologie Médicales, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France

      Odile Cabaret & Brigitte Bressac-de Paillerets

    3. Département de Pédiatrie, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

      Justine Pètre

    4. Département d’anatomie pathologique, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

      Selda Aydin

    5. Service de Dermatologie, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

      Alice Leroy

    6. Service d’Ophtalmologie, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

      Patrick de Potter

    7. Centre de Génétique Humaine, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

      Nicolas Janin

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    de la Fouchardière, A., Cabaret, O., Pètre, J. et al. Primary leptomeningeal melanoma is part of the BAP1-related cancer syndrome. Acta Neuropathol 129, 921–923 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-015-1423-2

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