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Only few central nervous system tumours are inherited. Though rare, they are proof that hereditary factors play a role in the causation and/or pathogenesis of at least some CNS tumours.
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Spranger, J. (1982). Brain Tumours and Genetics. In: Voth, D., Gutjahr, P., Langmaid, C. (eds) Tumours of the Central Nervous System in Infancy and Childhood. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-95413-9_4
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