Familial meningiomas
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Familial Meningiomas.
The familial occurrence of brain tumours is extremely rare except for neurofibromas in von Recklinghausen's disease and cerebellar haemangioblastomas in Lindau's disease. There have been rare instances of intracranial gliomas, including astrocytomas, medulloblastomas, and oligodendrogliomas, occurring in two or more members of the same family (Munslow and Hill, 1955; Kjellin, Muuller, and Astrb...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1965
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.28.2.163