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Recurrent PNET with MGMT Methylation Responds to Temozolomide

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Jiwon Oh ,
Juan M. Bilbao ,
May N. Tsao ,
Mahmood Fazl ,
Marie-Christine Guiot ,
Rolando F. Del Maestro  and
James R. Perry
Jiwon Oh*
Affiliation:
Divison of Neurology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Juan M. Bilbao
Affiliation:
Odette Cancer Centre, Department of Pathology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario
May N. Tsao
Affiliation:
Departments of Medicine, and Radiation Oncology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Mahmood Fazl
Affiliation:
Neurosurgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Marie-Christine Guiot
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Brain Tumour Research Centre, Montreal Neurological Insititute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Department of Neurosurgery, Brain Tumour Research Centre, Montreal Neurological Insititute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Rolando F. Del Maestro
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Brain Tumour Research Centre, Montreal Neurological Insititute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
James R. Perry
Affiliation:
Divison of Neurology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario
*
University of Toronto, c/o Office of Dr. James Perry Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, A402, 2075 Bayview Ave, Toronto, Ontario, M4N 3M5, Canada
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 5 , September 2009 , pp. 654 - 657
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