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Etoposide/carboplatin chemotherapy for the treatment of metastatic myxomatous cerebral aneurysms

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  1. Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, Frauenklinikstrasse 26, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland

    Meret Branscheidt, Michael Weller & Susanne Wegener

  2. Department of Neuropathology, University Hospital Zurich, Frauenklinikstrasse 26, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland

    Karl Frontzek & Elisabeth J. Rushing

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Zurich, Frauenklinikstrasse 26, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland

    Oliver Bozinov

  4. Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Zurich, Frauenklinikstrasse 26, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland

    Anton Valavanis

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Branscheidt, M., Frontzek, K., Bozinov, O. et al. Etoposide/carboplatin chemotherapy for the treatment of metastatic myxomatous cerebral aneurysms. J Neurol 261, 828–830 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-014-7281-3

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