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Clinical and radiological response of leptomeningeal melanoma after whole brain radiotherapy and ipilimumab

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Bot, I., Blank, C.U. & Brandsma, D. Clinical and radiological response of leptomeningeal melanoma after whole brain radiotherapy and ipilimumab. J Neurol 259, 1976–1978 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-012-6488-4

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