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Imaging Biomarkers for Adult Medulloblastomas: Genetic Entities May Be Identified by Their MR Imaging Radiophenotype

V.C. Keil, M. Warmuth-Metz, C. Reh, S.J. Enkirch, C. Reinert, D. Beier, D.T.W. Jones, T. Pietsch, H.H. Schild, E. Hattingen and P. Hau
American Journal of Neuroradiology October 2017, 38 (10) 1892-1898; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A5313
V.C. Keil
aFrom the Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology (V.C.K., C.R., S.J.E., H.H.S., E.H.), University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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M. Warmuth-Metz
bInstitute for Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology (M.W.-M.), University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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C. Reh
aFrom the Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology (V.C.K., C.R., S.J.E., H.H.S., E.H.), University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
dWilhelm Sander-Therapieeinheit NeuroOnkologie (C.R., P.H.)
eDepartment of Neurology (C.R., P.H.), University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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S.J. Enkirch
aFrom the Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology (V.C.K., C.R., S.J.E., H.H.S., E.H.), University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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C. Reinert
aFrom the Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology (V.C.K., C.R., S.J.E., H.H.S., E.H.), University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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D. Beier
fDepartment of Neurology (D.B.), University Hospital Odense and Clinical Institute, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
gDepartment of Neurology (D.B.), University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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D.T.W. Jones
hDeutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (D.T.W.J.), Division of Pediatric Neurooncology, Heidelberg, Germany.
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T. Pietsch
cDepartment of Neuropathology (T.P.), Brain Tumor Reference Center of the German Society for Neuropathology and Neuroanatomy, Bonn, Germany
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H.H. Schild
aFrom the Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology (V.C.K., C.R., S.J.E., H.H.S., E.H.), University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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E. Hattingen
aFrom the Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology (V.C.K., C.R., S.J.E., H.H.S., E.H.), University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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P. Hau
dWilhelm Sander-Therapieeinheit NeuroOnkologie (C.R., P.H.)
eDepartment of Neurology (C.R., P.H.), University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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