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RELA fusion-positive anaplastic ependymoma: molecular characterization and advanced MR imaging

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The authors thank Japan Children’s Cancer Group for providing a central diagnostic service supported by the Practical Research for Innovative Cancer Control from Japan Agency for Medical Research and development, AMED.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima-City, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan

    Shumpei Onishi, Fumiyuki Yamasaki, Takeshi Takayasu, Manish Kolakshyapati & Kaoru Kurisu

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Higashihiroshima Medical Center, Hiroshima, Japan

    Shumpei Onishi

  3. Department of Pathology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

    Vishwa Jeet Amatya & Yukio Takeshima

  4. Pathology for Regional Communication, Kobe University School of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan

    Takanori Hirose

  5. Department of Clinical Oncology and Neuro-oncology Program, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

    Kazuhiko Sugiyama

  6. Division of Brain Tumor Translational Research, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan

    Yoshiko Nakano & Koichi Ichimura

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Onishi, S., Yamasaki, F., Nakano, Y. et al. RELA fusion-positive anaplastic ependymoma: molecular characterization and advanced MR imaging. Brain Tumor Pathol 35, 41–45 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10014-017-0301-0

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