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Neurological picture
Fast-growing adenoid cystic carcinoma: a neurotropic malignancy
  1. J A Oates1,
  2. D C Kinsella2,
  3. N J Gutowski3
  1. 1Department of Neurology, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK; Peninsula Medical School, Exeter
  2. 2Department of Radiology, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital
  3. 3Peninsula Medical School, Exeter
  1. Correspondence to:
 N J Gutowski
 Department of Neurology, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, Barrack Road, Exeter EX2 5DW, UK; N.J.Gutowski{at}exeter.ac.uk

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2006.090969

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