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Treatment of chordoma with imatinib complicated by intracranial hemorrhage: a case showing dissociation between biological effect and therapeutic outcome

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We thank Dr Jorg Dietrich for reviewing the manuscript.

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    François Mercier

  2. Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Canada

    Marie-Christine Guiot

  3. Centre Hospitalier de l’Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Canada

    Michel W. Bojanowski

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Mercier, F., Guiot, MC. & Bojanowski, M.W. Treatment of chordoma with imatinib complicated by intracranial hemorrhage: a case showing dissociation between biological effect and therapeutic outcome. J Neurooncol 107, 435–437 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-011-0767-2

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