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Malignant Rhabdoid Tumors of the CNS

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Frenchay Hospital, Frenchay Park Road, Bristol, BS16 1LE, UK

    Michael R. Carter BM

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Klinikum Großhadern, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377, Munich, Germany

    Jörg-Christian Tonn MD

  2. Johns Hopkins Oncology Center Neuro-Oncology, Cancer Bldg G-93 1650 Orleans St., Baltimore, MD, 21231, USA

    Stuart A. Grossman

  3. Division of Neurosurgery, The University of Toronto, The Hospital for Sick Children, Suite 1504, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8, Canada

    James T. Rutka MD

  4. Neurochirurgische Klinik, Universitätskrankenhaus Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany

    Manfred Westphal MD

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Carter, M.R. (2006). Malignant Rhabdoid Tumors of the CNS. In: Tonn, JC., Grossman, S.A., Rutka, J.T., Westphal, M. (eds) Neuro-Oncology of CNS Tumors. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-31260-9_44

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