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Pineoblastoma presenting in familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP): random association, FAP variant or Turcot syndrome?

J. IKEDA Department of Neurosurgery, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
,
Y. SAWAMURA
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E. G. VAN MEIR Laboratory of Tumour Biology and Genetics, Service de Neurochirurgie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
Pages 576-578 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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