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The cell of origin of cranial Ewing's sarcoma: the dilemma persists

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, PGIMER, Sector 12, Chandigarh, India

    Pravin Salunke

  2. Department of Histopathology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India

    Kirti Gupta

  3. Department of Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA

    J Pfeifer

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Salunke, P., Gupta, K. & Pfeifer, J. The cell of origin of cranial Ewing's sarcoma: the dilemma persists. Acta Neurochir 154, 567–568 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-011-1263-3

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