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MGMT promoter methylation status in anaplastic meningiomas

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  1. Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Münster, Domagkstraße 19, 48149, Münster, Germany

    Benjamin Brokinkel, Susanne Peetz-Dienhart, Werner Paulus & Martin Hasselblatt

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

    Bernhard R. Fischer & Walter Stummer

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, St. Barbara-Klinik Hamm, Hamm, Germany

    Heinrich Ebel

  4. Department of Neurosurgery, Clemens-Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

    Abolghassem Sepehrnia

  5. Department of Neurosurgery, Paracelsus Clinic, Osnabrück, Germany

    Burckhard Rama & Friedrich K. Albert

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Brokinkel, B., Fischer, B.R., Peetz-Dienhart, S. et al. MGMT promoter methylation status in anaplastic meningiomas. J Neurooncol 100, 489–490 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-010-0202-0

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