Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 109, Issue 8 , Pages 692-697 , October 2007

Intramedullary ependymoma associated with Lhermitte–Duclos disease and Cowden syndrome

  • Mohammad R. Farhadi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Medical School Hannover, MHH, Carl-Neuberg street 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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  • Marion Rittierodt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Medical School Hannover, MHH, Carl-Neuberg street 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
    • ,
  • Alexandru Stan

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Pathology, Medical School Hannover, MHH, Hannover, Germany
    • ,
  • Hans-Holger Capelle

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Medical School Hannover, MHH, Carl-Neuberg street 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
    • ,
  • Barbara Tham-Mücke

      Affiliations

    • Reising-Ackermann Human Genetic Laboratory, Leipzig, Germany
    • ,
  • Joachim K. Krauss

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Medical School Hannover, MHH, Carl-Neuberg street 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 511 532 6652; fax: +49 511 5325864.

Received 7 January 2007 ,Revised 16 April 2007 ,Accepted 19 April 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2007.04.010

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 109, Issue 8 , Pages 692-697 , October 2007

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