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Congenital diffuse anaplastic astrocytoma with ependymal and leptomeningeal spread: case report

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Schittenhelmstr. 10, 24105, Kiel, Germany

    A. M. Stark, H.-H. Hugo & H. M. Mehdorn

  2. Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany

    S. Modlich & A. Claviez

  3. Department of Neuropediatrics, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany

    A. van Baalen

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Stark, A.M., Modlich, S., Claviez, A. et al. Congenital diffuse anaplastic astrocytoma with ependymal and leptomeningeal spread: case report. J Neurooncol 84, 325–328 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-007-9381-8

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