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A Rare Case of Diffuse Midline Glioma, H3 K27M Mutant, of the Spinal Cord Mimicking Meningitis

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Abbreviations

CSF:

Cerebrospinal fluid examination

GFAP:

Glial fibrillary acidic protein

MRI:

Magnetic resonance imaging

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital Zurich, Frauenklinikstr. 10, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland

    Julia Velz, Marian Christoph Neidert, Menno Germans & Oliver Bozinov

  2. University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Julia Velz, Marian Christoph Neidert, Kirsten Struckmann, Marc Hackius, Menno Germans, Oliver Bozinov & Elisabeth Rushing

  3. Department of Pathology and Molecular Pathology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Kirsten Struckmann

  4. Department of Neurology, Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Marc Hackius

  5. Department of Neuropathology, Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Elisabeth Rushing

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Velz, J., Neidert, M.C., Struckmann, K. et al. A Rare Case of Diffuse Midline Glioma, H3 K27M Mutant, of the Spinal Cord Mimicking Meningitis. SN Compr. Clin. Med. 1, 15–19 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42399-018-0007-6

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