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Primary diffuse leptomeningeal gliomatosis diagnosed on CSF cytology: perseverance pays off
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Contributors All authors have contributed to the acquisition and interpretation of data for the work. CLo has contributed to the preparation of the manuscript. All authors have contributed to revising the manuscript critically for important intellectual content.
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Competing interests None.
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Competing interests CLu received honorarium corresponding to consultancy boards for Roche, Vertex, Genzyme and for giving lecture from Novartis.
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Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed. This paper was reviewed by Robin Grant, Edinburgh, UK.
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