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Embryonal tumor with abundant neuropil and true rosettes (ETANTR) with loss of morphological but retained genetic key features during progression

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  1. Institute of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18–20, 1097, Vienna, Austria

    Adelheid Woehrer & Christine Haberler

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Irene Slavc & Andreas Peyrl

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Thomas Czech & Christian Dorfer

  4. Department of Radiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Daniela Prayer

  5. Department of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Susanne Stary & Berthold Streubel

  6. NN Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute, Moscow, Russia

    Marina Ryzhova

  7. Clinical Cooperation Unit Neuropathology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany

    Andrey Korshunov

  8. Division Molecular Genetics, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany

    Stefan M. Pfister

  9. Department of Pediatric Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

    Stefan M. Pfister

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Woehrer, A., Slavc, I., Peyrl, A. et al. Embryonal tumor with abundant neuropil and true rosettes (ETANTR) with loss of morphological but retained genetic key features during progression. Acta Neuropathol 122, 787–790 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-011-0903-2

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