Brain tumours: classification and genes.

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Published in J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry on June 01, 2004

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V P Collins1

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1: Department of Histopathology, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, UK. vpc20@cam.ac.uk

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