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SMARCA4-mutated atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors are associated with inherited germline alterations and poor prognosis

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by IZKF Münster (HA3/016/11); KinderKrebsInitiative Buchholz/Holm-Seppensen; and Fördergemeinschaft Kinderkrebszentrum Hamburg. EU-RHAB is supported by Deutsche Kinderkrebsstiftung; Gesellschaft für Kinderkrebsforschung Geltendorf; and “Horizont” Kinderkrebshilfe Weseke.

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  1. Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Münster, Pottkamp 2, 48149, Münster, Germany

    Martin Hasselblatt

  2. Institute of Human Genetics, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel and University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany

    Inga Nagel & Reiner Siebert

  3. Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

    Florian Oyen & Reinhard Schneppenheim

  4. Swabian Childrens’ Cancer Center, Childrens’ Hospital Augsburg and EU-RHAB Registry, Augsburg, Germany

    Kerstin Bartelheim & Michael C. Frühwald

  5. CellNetworks, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

    Robert B. Russell, Qianhao Lu & Matthew J. Betts

  6. Center of Neuropathology, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

    Ulrich Schüller

  7. Section of Neuropathology, PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia

    Reimar Junckerstorff

  8. School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia

    Reimar Junckerstorff

  9. Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA

    Marc Rosenblum

  10. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Ali H. Alassiri

  11. Department of Pathology, Regional Hospital, Treviso, Italy

    Sabrina Rossi

  12. Department of Hematology and Oncology, Dr. von Hauner Children’s Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

    Irene Schmid

  13. Department of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, WA, Australia

    Nicholas G. Gottardo

  14. Department of Hematology-Oncology, Schneider Children’s Medical Center, Petach Tikvah, Israel

    Helen Toledano

  15. Department of Pediatrics, University of Padova, Padua, Italy

    Elisabetta Viscardi

  16. Laboratorio de Oncología Molecular IUOPA, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain

    Milagros Balbin

  17. Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Leora Witkowski & William D. Foulkes

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Hasselblatt, M., Nagel, I., Oyen, F. et al. SMARCA4-mutated atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors are associated with inherited germline alterations and poor prognosis. Acta Neuropathol 128, 453–456 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-014-1323-x

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