Human Pathology
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 102-106 , January 2003

Distribution of p53 alterations in a case of gliomatosis cerebri

,Accepted 26 September 2002.

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☆ Supported in part by a Start-up grant from Magdeburg University (to C.M.), and by a grant from the Land Sachsen-Auhalt (0032IF0000, to C.M.).

☆☆ Address correspondence and reprint requests to Christian Mawrin, MD, Department of Neuropathology, Otto von Guericke University, Leipziger Strasse 44, D-39120 Magdeburg, Germany.

PII: S0046-8177(02)29701-4

doi: 10.1053/hupa.2003.1

Human Pathology
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 102-106 , January 2003

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