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. 2022 Nov;144(5):1053-1055.
doi: 10.1007/s00401-022-02474-9. Epub 2022 Aug 9.

Two predominant molecular subtypes of spinal meningioma: thoracic NF2-mutant tumors strongly associated with female sex, and cervical AKT1-mutant tumors originating ventral to the spinal cord

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Two predominant molecular subtypes of spinal meningioma: thoracic NF2-mutant tumors strongly associated with female sex, and cervical AKT1-mutant tumors originating ventral to the spinal cord

Lingyang Hua et al. Acta Neuropathol. 2022 Nov.
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Anatomic distribution of AKT1- and NF2-mutant meningiomas along the spinal column and in relation to the spinal cord

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