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Extensive cerebral metastases from neuroendocrine carcinoma of the prostate

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  1. Institute of Neuropathology and Institute of Legal Medicine, University-Hospital Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 , Hamburg, Germany

    Jakob Matschke

  2. Institute of Pathology, University-Hospital Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 , Hamburg, Germany

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Matschke, J., Erbersdobler, A. Extensive cerebral metastases from neuroendocrine carcinoma of the prostate. Virchows Arch 444, 202–203 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-003-0928-6

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