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Abrupt Regression of a Meningioma after Discontinuation of Cyproterone Treatment

A.M.G. Gonçalves, P. Page, V. Domigo, J.-F. Méder and C. Oppenheim
American Journal of Neuroradiology September 2010, 31 (8) 1504-1505; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1978
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