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ALK-positive histiocytosis with KIF5B-ALK fusion in the central nervous system

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D.A.S is supported by NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (DP5 OD021403). We thank the staff of the UCSF Clinical Cancer Genomics Laboratory for assistance with genetic profiling.

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  1. Division of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Ave, Room M-551, San Francisco, 94143, CA, USA

    Calixto-Hope G. Lucas, David A. Solomon & Arie Perry

  2. Department of Pathology, University of Colorado, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA

    Ahmed Gilani, Xiayuan Liang & Bette K. Kleinschmidt-Demasters

  3. Division of Pediatric Neuro-Oncology, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, Miami, FL, USA

    Ossama M. Maher

  4. Department of Pathology, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, Miami, FL, USA

    Gabriel Chamyan

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Lucas, CH.G., Gilani, A., Solomon, D.A. et al. ALK-positive histiocytosis with KIF5B-ALK fusion in the central nervous system. Acta Neuropathol 138, 335–337 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-019-02027-7

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