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Loss of heterozygosity of the APC gene found in a single case of oligoastrocytoma

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This work was supported by grant 0108 215 from Ministry of Science and Technology, Republic of Croatia.

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  1. Laboratory of Neurooncology, Croatian Institute for Brain Research, School of Medicine University of Zagreb, Šalata 3, HR-10000, Zagreb, Croatia

    Nives Pecina-Slaus

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital “Sestre Milosrdnice”, Zagreb, Croatia

    Vili Beros & Karlo Houra

  3. Ljudevit Jurak University Department of Pathology, University Hospital “Sestre milosrdnice”, Zagreb, Croatia

    Hrvoje Cupic

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Pecina-Slaus, N., Beros, V., Houra, K. et al. Loss of heterozygosity of the APC gene found in a single case of oligoastrocytoma. J Neurooncol 78, 213–215 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-005-9090-0

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