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Malignant tumors of the central nervous system associated with familial polyposis of the colon

Report of two cases

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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  1. Laval University Medical School, Quebec, Que., Canada

    Jacques Turcot M.D. (Assistant Professor of Surgery, Surgeon Hotel-Dieu de Quebec Hospital)

  2. Hotel-Dieu de Quebec Hospital, Canada

    Jean-Paul Després M.D. (Resident in Surgery) & François St. Pierre M.D. (Intern)

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Read at the annual meeting of the Association of Clinical Surgeons of Canada, December 12, 1958.

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Turcot, J., Després, JP. & St. Pierre, F. Malignant tumors of the central nervous system associated with familial polyposis of the colon. Dis Colon Rectum 2, 465–468 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02616938

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