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Multicentric gliomas of brain and spinal cord

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The clinical and histopathological findings in a child suffering from both cerebral and spinal gliomas of differing histological types are described. There was a family history of von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis.

The possibility of overlooking the symptoms and signs pointing to a spinal cord lesion in the presence of a known intracranial tumour is stressed.

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  1. E. Reichenthal

    Present address: Department of Neurosurgery and Anaesthesiology, Beilinson Medical Centre Petah Tiqva, Israel

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery and Anaesthesiology, Beilinson Medical Centre Petah Tiqva, Israel

    M. L. Cohen, G. Zucker, A. Rubinstein & J. Israeli

  2. Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine, Israel

    M. L. Cohen, G. Zucker, A. Rubinstein & J. Israeli

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Reichenthal, E., Cohen, M.L., Zucker, G. et al. Multicentric gliomas of brain and spinal cord. Acta neurochir 69, 225–230 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01401809

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