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K27/G34 versus K28/G35 in histone H3-mutant gliomas: A note of caution

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  1. University of Oslo (UiO), Oslo, Norway

    Henning Leske, Pitt Niehusmann & Jens Pahnke

  2. Department of Pathology, Translational Neurodegeneration Research and Neuropathology Lab, Oslo University Hospital, Postbox 4950 Nydalen, 0424, Oslo, Norway

    Henning Leske, Pitt Niehusmann & Jens Pahnke

  3. Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Elisabeth Rushing

  4. Institute of Neurology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Herbert Budka

  5. Section for Cancer Cytogenetics, Institute for Cancer Genetics and Informatics, Oslo University Hospital, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway

    Ioannis Panagopoulos

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Leske, H., Rushing, E., Budka, H. et al. K27/G34 versus K28/G35 in histone H3-mutant gliomas: A note of caution. Acta Neuropathol 136, 175–176 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-018-1867-2

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