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Comparision of New Diagnostic Tools for Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors

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The Authors wish to express their sincere gratitude to Prof Dr Bernd W. Scheithauer for his leading role in this study. Unfortunately he was not able to see the final product.

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  1. Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, İzmir, Turkey

    Ayca Ersen

  2. Division of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA

    Melike Pekmezci & Tarik Tihan

  3. Anatomic Pathology Division, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

    Andrew L. Folpe

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Ersen, A., Pekmezci, M., Folpe, A.L. et al. Comparision of New Diagnostic Tools for Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors. Pathol. Oncol. Res. 23, 393–398 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12253-016-0125-y

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