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Recent developments in brain tumor predisposing syndromes.
Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) - 1 Jan 2016
Johansson Gunnar, Andersson Ulrika, Melin Beatrice
Abstract excerpt
The etiologies of brain tumors are in the most cases unknown, but improvements in genetics and DNA screening have helped to identify a wide range of brain tumor predisposition disorders. In this review we are discussing some of the most common predisposition disorders, namely: neurofibromatosis type 1 and 2, schwannomatosis, rhabdoid tumor predisposition disorder, nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome (Gorlin),...
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