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Tumor of the Mesiotemporal Lobe in a Child

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Molecular analysis was performed as part of the Molecular Neuropathology 2.0 study (http://pediatric-neurooncology.dkfz.de/index.php/en/diagnostics/molecular-neuropathology) and funded by the German Childhood Cancer Foundation (Deutsche Kinderkrebsstiftung).

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Taschner, C.A., Staszewski, O., Shah, M.J. et al. Freiburg Neuropathology Case Conference. Clin Neuroradiol 28, 461–466 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-018-0712-2

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