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BRAF V600E mutation is a useful marker for differentiating Rathke’s cleft cyst with squamous metaplasia from papillary craniopharyngioma

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This study was funded by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2012R1A1A2004721) to Jang-Hee Kim.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Ajou University School of Medicine, 164, World Cup-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon, 443-380, Republic of Korea

    Jang-Hee Kim

  2. Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

    Werner Paulus & Stephanie Heim

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Kim, JH., Paulus, W. & Heim, S. BRAF V600E mutation is a useful marker for differentiating Rathke’s cleft cyst with squamous metaplasia from papillary craniopharyngioma. J Neurooncol 123, 189–191 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-015-1757-6

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