Gliomatosis cerebri type II: two case reports
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Gliomatosis cerebri type II: two case reports
INTRODUCTION TWO TYPES OF GLIOMATOSIS CEREBRI EXIST: Type I and Type II. We report the results of a histological and genetic study of two cases of gliomatosis cerebri Type II, correlating these results with therapy and prognosis. CASE PRESENTATION Two patients, a 52-year-old man (Patient 1) and a 76-year-old man (Patient 2) with gliomatosis cerebri II were admitted to our institution; they un...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Case Reports
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1752-1947
DOI: 10.4076/1752-1947-3-7225