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A case of unusually long survival after leptomeningeal carcinomatosis diagnosis

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  1. Dipartimento di BioMedicina Sperimentale e Neuroscienze Cliniche (BioNec), Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy

    Marianna Riolo

  2. Neuroscience Department-Neurology/Stroke Unit, Ospedale A. Manzoni, ASST Lecco, Lecco, Italy

    Marianna Riolo & Andrea Salmaggi

  3. Laboratory of Clinical Investigations, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico C. Besta, Milano, Italy

    Emilio Ciusani

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Riolo, M., Ciusani, E. & Salmaggi, A. A case of unusually long survival after leptomeningeal carcinomatosis diagnosis. J Neurooncol 137, 215–218 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-017-2705-4

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