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Fourth ventricle ependymoma in father and son.
A father and son presented ten years apart with a fourth ventricle ependymoma. The history, imaging and pathology are presented and the aetiology of familial ependymoma discussed.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Research in Oncology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2357-0695
DOI: 10.21608/resoncol.2020.29443.1096