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Original Article

Familial Glioma: A report of glioblastoma in identical twins and oligo-astrocytoma in siblings

Peter D. J. Hardman Department of Clinical Oncology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland
,
Jeanne Bell Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland
,
Ian R. Whittle Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland
&
Anna Gregor Department of Clinical Oncology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland
Pages 709-715 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009
 
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Abstract

The authors report two pairs of siblings who had intracranial gliomas. One pair of identical twins had glioblastomas and two siblings had mixed oligo-astrocytomas. Genetic influences in the aetiology of glioma are discussed.

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