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Potential as Brain Tumor Markers

Laurence J. Marton, MD

Arch Neurol. 1981;38(2):73-74.

Abstract
• The use of CSF polyamine levels for the detection of brain tumors is discussed, with special emphasis on the use of CSF polyamine levels for the diagnosis and care of patients with medulloblastoma.

Author Affiliations
From the Brain Tumor Research Center, Department of Neurological Surgery, and the Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication April 1, 1980.

Reprint requests to Brain Tumor Research Center, 783M, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94103 (Dr Marton).