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High frequency of H3F3A K27M mutations characterizes pediatric and adult high-grade gliomas of the spinal cord

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    Marco Gessi, Gerrit H. Gielen, Verena Dreschmann, Andreas Waha & Torsten Pietsch

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Gessi, M., Gielen, G.H., Dreschmann, V. et al. High frequency of H3F3A K27M mutations characterizes pediatric and adult high-grade gliomas of the spinal cord. Acta Neuropathol 130, 435–437 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-015-1463-7

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