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Histopathological spectrum of paediatric diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma: diagnostic and therapeutic implications.
Acta neuropathologica - 1 Oct 2014
Buczkowicz Pawel, Bartels Ute, Bouffet Eric, Becher Oren, Hawkins Cynthia
Abstract excerpt
Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is the main cause of brain tumour-related death in children. In the majority of cases diagnosis is based on clinical and MRI findings, resulting in the scarcity of pre-treatment specimens available to study. Our group has developed an autopsy-based protocol to investigate the histologic and biologic spectrum of DIPG. This has also allowed us to investigate the terminal...
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