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Low-grade spinal glioneuronal tumors with BRAF gene fusion and 1p deletion but without leptomeningeal dissemination

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The authors thank Drs. Susana Raimondi and Elizabeth Azzato for their assistance with iFISH and RT-PCR assays, respectively.

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Chiang, J.C.H., Harreld, J.H., Orr, B.A. et al. Low-grade spinal glioneuronal tumors with BRAF gene fusion and 1p deletion but without leptomeningeal dissemination. Acta Neuropathol 134, 159–162 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-017-1728-4

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