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Rhabdoid meningioma of the tentorium with expression of desmin in a 12-year-old Turner syndrome patient

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  1. U.O. di Anatomia Patologica, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Largo Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16148, Genova, Italy

    Paolo Nozza & Claudio Gambini

  2. U.O. di Neurochirurgia, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy

    Alessandro Raso & Valeria Capra

  3. U.O. di Neuroradiologia, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy

    Andrea Rossi

  4. Dipartimento di Emato-Oncologia, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy

    Claudia Milanaccio

  5. Laboratorio di Oncologia, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy

    Annalisa Pezzolo

  6. Institut für Neuropathologie, Universitatsklinikum Bonn, Bonn, Germany

    Torsten Pietsch

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Nozza, P., Raso, A., Rossi, A. et al. Rhabdoid meningioma of the tentorium with expression of desmin in a 12-year-old Turner syndrome patient. Acta Neuropathol 110, 205–206 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-005-1048-y

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