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Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma-like astrocytoma: a neoplasm with a distinct phenotype and frequent neurofibromatosis type-1-association.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc - 1 Dec 2018
Palsgrove Doreen N, Brosnan-Cashman Jacqueline A, Giannini Caterina, Raghunathan Aditya, Jentoft Mark, Bettegowda Chetan, Gokden Murat, Lin Doris, Yuan Ming, Lin Ming-Tseh, Heaphy Christopher M, Rodriguez Fausto J
Abstract excerpt
Neurofibromatosis type-1 is a familial genetic syndrome associated with a predisposition to develop peripheral and central nervous system neoplasms. We have previously reported on a subset of gliomas developing in these patients with morphologic features resembling subependymal giant cell astrocytoma, but the molecular features of these tumors remain undefined. A total of 14 tumors were studied and all available...
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