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Spinal Cord Astrocytoma with Isocitrate Dehydrogenase 1 Gene Mutation.
World neurosurgery - 1 Dec 2017
Takai Keisuke, Tanaka Shota, Sota Takashi, Mukasa Akitake, Komori Takashi, Taniguchi Makoto
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BACKGROUND: In 2016, the World Health Organization updated its classification of tumors, adding genetic profiles to the conventional histopathologic typing. CASE DESCRIPTION: The authors present herein the first case of a 44-year-old female with isocitrate dehydrogenase-mutant World Health Organization grade II diffuse spinal astrocytoma diagnosed on the basis of both histopathologic and genetic findings....
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