Publications - Caterina Giannini, M.D., Ph.D.

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  1. Chen S, Tanaka S, Giannini C, Morris J, Yan ES, Buckner J, Lachance DH, Parney IF. Gliomatosis cerebri: clinical characteristics, management, and outcomes. J Neurooncol. 2013 Apr; 112(2):267-75. Epub 2013 Jan 23.
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  2. Mallory GW, Fang S, Giannini C, Van Gompel JJ, Parney IF. Brain carcinoid metastases: outcomes and prognostic factors. J Neurosurg. 2013 Apr; 118(4):889-95. Epub 2013 Feb 08.
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  3. van den Bent MJ, Hartmann C, Preusser M, Strobel T, Dubbink HJ, Kros JM, von Deimling A, Boisselier B, Sanson M, Halling KC, Diefes KL, Aldape K, Giannini C. Interlaboratory comparison of idh mutation detection. J Neurooncol. 2013 Apr; 112(2):173-8.
  4. Cen L, Carlson BL, Pokorny JL, Mladek AC, Grogan PT, Schroeder MA, Decker PA, Anderson SK, Giannini C, Wu W, Ballman KV, Kitange GJ, Sarkaria JN. Efficacy of protracted temozolomide dosing is limited in MGMT unmethylated GBM xenograft models. Neuro Oncol. 2013 Mar 10. [Epub ahead of print]
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  5. Pafundi DH, Laack NN, Youland RS, Parney IF, Lowe VJ, Giannini C, Kemp BJ, Grams MP, Morris JM, Hoover JM, Hu LS, Sarkaria JN, Brinkmann DH. Biopsy validation of 18F-DOPA PET and biodistribution in gliomas for neurosurgical planning and radiotherapy target delineation: results of a prospective pilot study. Neuro Oncol. 2013 Mar 03. [Epub ahead of print]
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  6. Drucker KL, Paulsen AR, Giannini C, Decker PA, Blaber SI, Blaber M, Uhm JH, O'Neill BP, Jenkins RB, Scarisbrick IA. Clinical significance and novel mechanism of action of kallikrein 6 in glioblastoma. Neuro Oncol. 2013 Mar; 15(3):305-18. Epub 2013 Jan 10.
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  7. Rice T, Zheng S, Decker PA, Walsh KM, Bracci P, Xiao Y, McCoy LS, Smirnov I, Patoka JS, Hansen HM, Hsuang G, Wiemels JL, Tihan T, Pico AR, Prados MD, Chang SM, Berger MS, Caron A, Fink S, Kollmeyer T, Rynearson A, Voss J, Kosel ML, Fridley BL, Lachance Inherited variant on chromosome 11q23 increases susceptibility to IDH-mutated but not IDH-normal gliomas regardless of grade or histology. Neuro Oncol. 2013 Feb 07. [Epub ahead of print]
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  8. Youland RS, Kitange GJ, Peterson TE, Pafundi DH, Ramiscal JA, Pokorny JL, Giannini C, Laack NN, Parney IF, Lowe VJ, Brinkmann DH, Sarkaria JN. The role of LAT1 in (18)F-DOPA uptake in malignant gliomas. J Neurooncol. 2013 Jan; 111(1):11-8. Epub 2012 Oct 20.
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  9. Ho CY, Bar E, Giannini C, Marchionni L, Karajannis MA, Zagzag D, Gutmann DH, Eberhart CG, Rodriguez FJ. MicroRNA profiling in pediatric pilocytic astrocytoma reveals biologically relevant targets, including PBX3, NFIB, and METAP2. Neuro Oncol. 2013 Jan; 15(1):69-82. Epub 2012 Nov 15.
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  10. Youland RS, Kitange GJ, Peterson TE, Pafundi DH, Ramiscal JA, Pokorny JL, Giannini C, Laack NN, Parney IF, Lowe VJ, Brinkmann DH, Sarkaria JN. The role of LAT1 in 18F-DOPA uptake in malignant gliomas. J Neurooncol. 2013; 111(1):11-8.
  11. Huveldt D, Lewis-Tuffin LJ, Carlson BL, Schroeder MA, Rodriguez F, Giannini C, Galanis E, Sarkaria JN, Anastasiadis PZ. Targeting Src family kinases inhibits bevacizumab-induced glioma cell invasion. PLoS One. 2013; 8(2):e56505. Epub 2013 Feb 14.
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  12. Compton JJ, Issa Laack NN, Eckel LJ, Schomas DA, Giannini C, Meyer FB. Long-term outcomes for low-grade intracranial ganglioglioma: 30-year experience from the Mayo Clinic. J Neurosurg. 2012 Nov; 117(5):825-30. Epub 2012 Sep 07.
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  13. Call JA, Naik M, Rodriguez FJ, Giannini C, Wu W, Buckner JC, Parney IF, Laack NN. Long-term Outcomes and Role of Chemotherapy in Adults With Newly Diagnosed Medulloblastoma. Am J Clin Oncol. 2012 Oct 29. [Epub ahead of print]
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  14. Rykken JB, Diehn FE, Hunt CH, Eckel LJ, Schwartz KM, Kaufmann TJ, Wald JT, Giannini C, Wood CP. Rim and Flame Signs: Postgadolinium MRI Findings Specific for Non-CNS Intramedullary Spinal Cord Metastases. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2012 Oct 18. [Epub ahead of print]
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  15. Jenkins RB, Xiao Y, Sicotte H, Decker PA, Kollmeyer TM, Hansen HM, Kosel ML, Zheng S, Walsh KM, Rice T, Bracci P, McCoy LS, Smirnov I, Patoka JS, Hsuang G, Wiemels JL, Tihan T, Pico AR, Prados MD, Chang SM, Berger MS, Caron AA, Fink SR, Halder C, A low-frequency variant at 8q24.21 is strongly associated with risk of oligodendroglial tumors and astrocytomas with IDH1 or IDH2 mutation. Nat Genet. 2012 Oct; 44(10):1122-5. Epub 2012 Aug 26.
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  16. Youland RS, Brown PD, Giannini C, Parney IF, Uhm JH, Laack NN. Adult Low-grade Glioma: 19-year Experience at a Single Institution. Am J Clin Oncol. 2012 Aug 13. [Epub ahead of print]
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  17. Takahashi R, Giannini C, Sarkaria JN, Schroeder M, Rogers J, Mastroeni D, Scrable H. p53 isoform profiling in glioblastoma and injured brain. Oncogene. 2012 Jul 23. [Epub ahead of print]
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  18. Ida CM, Lambert SR, Rodriguez FJ, Voss JS, Mc Cann BE, Seys AR, Halling KC, Collins VP, Giannini C. BRAF alterations are frequent in cerebellar low-grade astrocytomas with diffuse growth pattern. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2012 Jul; 71(7):631-9.
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  19. Giannini C, Salvarani C, Hunder G, Brown RD. Primary central nervous system vasculitis: pathology and mechanisms. Acta Neuropathol. 2012 Jun; 123(6):759-72. Epub 2012 Mar 16.
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  20. Sathananthan M, Sathananthan A, Scheithauer BW, Giannini C, Meyer FB, Atkinson JL, Erickson D. Sellar meningiomas: an endocrinologic perspective. Pituitary. 2012 May 27. [Epub ahead of print]
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  21. Abou Zeid N, Pirko I, Erickson B, Weigand SD, Thomsen KM, Scheithauer B, Parisi JE, Giannini C, Linbo L, Lucchinetti CF. Diffusion-weighted imaging characteristics of biopsy-proven demyelinating brain lesions. Neurology. 2012 May 22; 78(21):1655-62. Epub 2012 May 09.
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  22. Scarisbrick IA, Radulovic M, Burda JE, Larson N, Blaber SI, Giannini C, Blaber M, Vandell AG. Kallikrein 6 is a novel molecular trigger of reactive astrogliosis. Biol Chem. 2012 Apr 1; 393(5):355-67.
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  23. Schiff D, Lam EM, Parisi JE, Giannini C, Uhm JH, Keegan BM, Kantarci OH. A 21-year-old woman with multiple cancers and a new brain lesion. Neurology. 2012 Mar 6; 78(10):743-9.
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  24. Rodriguez FJ, Folpe AL, Giannini C, Perry A. Pathology of peripheral nerve sheath tumors: diagnostic overview and update on selected diagnostic problems. Acta Neuropathol. 2012 Mar; 123(3):295-319. Epub 2012 Feb 12.
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  25. Giannini C. In memoriam: Bernd Walter Scheithauer (1946-2011). Acta Neuropathol. 2012 Mar; 123(3):461-2.
  26. Ball BG, Luetmer PH, Giannini C, Mokri B, Kumar N, Piepgras DG. Ventral "spinal epidural meningeal cysts"--not epidural and not cysts? Case series and review of the literature. Neurosurgery. 2012 Feb; 70(2):320-8; discussion 328.
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  27. Friday BB, Anderson SK, Buckner J, Yu C, Giannini C, Geoffroy F, Schwerkoske J, Mazurczak M, Gross H, Pajon E, Jaeckle K, Galanis E. Phase II trial of vorinostat in combination with bortezomib in recurrent glioblastoma: a north central cancer treatment group study. Neuro Oncol. 2012 Feb; 14(2):215-21. Epub 2011 Nov 16.
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  28. Sedney CL, Morris JM, Giannini C, Link MJ, Swetz KM. Radiation-associated sarcoma of the skull base after irradiation for pituitary adenoma. Rare Tumors. 2012 Jan 2; 4(1):e7 Epub 2012 Jan 30.
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  29. Corradi D, Alquati S, Bertoni F, Bartoli V, Dei Tos AP, Wenger D, Giannini C. A small intraneural epithelioid malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour of the median nerve simulating a benign lesion: description of a case and review of the literature. Pathol Oncol Res. 2012 Jan; 18(1):101-6. Epub 2011 Jan 1.
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  30. Bower RS, Daugherty WP, Giannini C, Parney IF. Intracranial phosphaturic mesenchymal tumor, mixed connective tissue variant presenting without oncogenic osteomalacia. Surg Neurol Int. 2012; 3:151. Epub 2012 Dec 14.
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  31. Zakaria T, Noe K, So E, Cascino GD, Wetjen N, Van Gompel JJ, Marsh WR, Meyer FB, Giannini C, Watson RE, Worrell GA. Scalp and intracranial EEG in medically intractable extratemporal epilepsy with normal MRI. ISRN Neurol. 2012; 2012:942849. Epub 2012 Jun 25.
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  32. Rodriguez FJ, Giannini C. Diagnostic neuropathology of tumors of the central nervous system. Handb Clin Neurol. 2012; 104:77-107.
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  33. Hoover JM, Kumar R, Bledsoe JM, Giannini C, Krauss WE. Intramedullary melanotic schwannoma. Rare Tumors. 2012; 4(1):7-10.
  34. Lucchinetti CF, Popescu BF, Bunyan RF, Moll NM, Roemer SF, Lassmann H, Bruck W, Parisi JE, Scheithauer BW, Giannini C, Weigand SD, Mandrekar J, Ransohoff RM. Inflammatory cortical demyelination in early multiple sclerosis. N Engl J Med. 2011 Dec 8; 365(23):2188-97.
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  35. Fuehrer NE, Hammack JE, Morris JM, Kaufmann TJ, Giannini C. Teaching NeuroImages: granulomatous angiitis of the CNS associated with Hodgkin lymphoma. Neurology. 2011 Nov 8; 77(19):e110-1.
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  36. Salvarani C, Brown RD Jr, Calamia KT, Christianson TJ, Huston J 3rd, Meschia JF, Giannini C, Miller DV, Hunder GG. Primary central nervous system vasculitis presenting with intracranial hemorrhage. Arthritis Rheum. 2011 Nov; 63(11):3598-606.
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  37. Sarkaria JN, Galanis E, Wu W, Peller PJ, Giannini C, Brown PD, Uhm JH, McGraw S, Jaeckle KA, Buckner JC. North Central Cancer Treatment Group Phase I trial N057K of everolimus (RAD001) and temozolomide in combination with radiation therapy in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 Oct 1; 81(2):468-75. Epub 2010 Sep 23.
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  38. Flanagan EP, Hunderfund AL, Giannini C, Meissner I. Addition of magnetic resonance imaging to computed tomography and sensitivity to blood in pituitary apoplexy. Arch Neurol. 2011 Oct; 68(10):1336-7.
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  39. Bernardo MC, Graff-Radford J, Menke J, Hallemeier C, Boes CJ, Lewis M, Scheithauer B, Giannini C. Erratum to: Intravascular mucinosis: a rare cause of cerebral infarction. Acta Neuropathol. 2011 Sep; 122(3):379.
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  40. Jaeckle KA, Decker PA, Ballman KV, Flynn PJ, Giannini C, Scheithauer BW, Jenkins RB, Buckner JC. Transformation of low grade glioma and correlation with outcome: an NCCTG database analysis. J Neurooncol. 2011 Aug; 104(1):253-9. Epub 2010 Dec 12.
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  41. Braggio E, McPhail ER, Macon W, Lopes MB, Schiff D, Law M, Fink S, Sprau D, Giannini C, Dogan A, Fonseca R, O'Neill BP. Primary central nervous system lymphomas: a validation study of array-based comparative genomic hybridization in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tumor specimens. Clin Cancer Res. 2011 Jul 1; 17(13):4245-53. Epub 2011 May 11.
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  42. Uhm JH, Ballman KV, Wu W, Giannini C, Krauss JC, Buckner JC, James CD, Scheithauer BW, Behrens RJ, Flynn PJ, Schaefer PL, Dakhill SR, Jaeckle KA. Phase II evaluation of gefitinib in patients with newly diagnosed Grade 4 astrocytoma: Mayo/North Central Cancer Treatment Group Study N0074. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 Jun 1; 80(2):347-53. Epub 2010 May 25.
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  43. Jentoft M, Giannini C, Rossi S, Mota R, Jenkins RB, Rodriguez FJ. Oligodendroglial tumors with marked desmoplasia: clinicopathologic and molecular features of 7 cases. Am J Surg Pathol. 2011 Jun; 35(6):845-52.
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  44. Hasselblatt M, Gesk S, Oyen F, Rossi S, Viscardi E, Giangaspero F, Giannini C, Judkins AR, Fruhwald MC, Obser T, Schneppenheim R, Siebert R, Paulus W. Nonsense mutation and inactivation of SMARCA4 (BRG1) in an atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor showing retained SMARCB1 (INI1) expression. Am J Surg Pathol. 2011 Jun; 35(6):933-5.
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  45. Johnson DR, Kimmel DW, Burch PA, Cascino TL, Giannini C, Wu W, Buckner JC. Phase II study of subcutaneous octreotide in adults with recurrent or progressive meningioma and meningeal hemangiopericytoma. Neuro Oncol. 2011 May; 13(5):530-5.
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  46. Van Gompel JJ, Koeller KK, Meyer FB, Marsh WR, Burger PC, Roncaroli F, Worrell GA, Giannini C. Cortical ependymoma: an unusual epileptogenic lesion. J Neurosurg. 2011 Apr; 114(4):1187-94. Epub 2011 Jan 14.
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  47. Giannini C, Oelkers MM, Edwards WD, Aubry MC, Muncil MM, Mohamud KH, Sandleback SG, Nowak JM, Bridgeman A, Brown ME, Cheville JC. Maintaining clinical tissue archives and supporting human research: challenges and solutions. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2011 Mar; 135(3):347-53.
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  48. Alzaga Fernandez AG, Shirka R, Skarf B, Silver B, Matloob SJ, Ober MD, Luetmer P, Giannini C. Bilateral simultaneous central retinal vein occlusions in an otherwise healthy adult. J Neuroophthalmol. 2011 Mar; 31(1):78-82.
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  49. Schmitt WR, Carlson ML, Giannini C, Driscoll CL, Link MJ. Radiation-induced sarcoma in a large vestibular schwannoma following stereotactic radiosurgery: case report. Neurosurgery. 2011 Mar; 68(3):E840-6; discussion E846.
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  50. Rodriguez EF, Scheithauer BW, Giannini C, Rynearson A, Cen L, Hoesley B, Gilmer-Flynn H, Sarkaria JN, Jenkins S, Long J, Rodriguez FJ. PI3K/AKT pathway alterations are associated with clinically aggressive and histologically anaplastic subsets of pilocytic astrocytoma. Acta Neuropathol. 2011 Mar; 121(3):407-20. Epub 2010 Nov 28.
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  51. Salvarani C, Brown RD Jr, Calamia KT, Christianson TJ, Huston J 3rd, Meschia JF, Giannini C, Miller DV, Hunder GG. Rapidly progressive primary central nervous system vasculitis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2011 Feb; 50(2):349-58. Epub 2010 Oct 19.
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  52. Jenkins RB, Wrensch MR, Johnson D, Fridley BL, Decker PA, Xiao Y, Kollmeyer TM, Rynearson AL, Fink S, Rice T, McCoy LS, Halder C, Kosel ML, Giannini C, Tihan T, O'Neill BP, Lachance DH, Yang P, Wiemels J, Wiencke JK. Distinct germ line polymorphisms underlie glioma morphologic heterogeneity. Cancer Genet. 2011 Jan; 204(1):13-8.
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  53. Puffer RC, Daniels DJ, Giannini C, Pichelmann MA, Rose PS, Clarke MJ. Synovial sarcoma of the spine: A report of three cases and review of the literature. Surg Neurol Int. 2011; 2:18. Epub 2011 Feb 21.
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  54. Jentoft M, Giannini C, Cen L, Scheithauer BW, Hoesley B, Sarkaria JN, Abell-Aleff PC, Rodriguez EF, Li Y, Rodriguez FJ. Phenotypic variations in NF1-associated low grade astrocytomas: possible role for increased mTOR activation in a subset. Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 2011; 4(1):43-57.
  55. Ball BG, Wetmore C, Giannini C, Wetjen NM, Meyer FB. Opticochiasmatic apoplexy in a five-year-old. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2011; 47(4):279-83. Epub 2012 Mar 23.
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  56. Vaphiades MS, Gupta S, Palmer CA, Luetmer P, Giannini C. Progressive bilateral visual and hearing loss in an elderly woman. J Neuroophthalmol. 2010 Dec; 30(4):372-5.
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  57. Sarkaria JN, Galanis E, Wu W, Dietz AB, Kaufmann TJ, Gustafson MP, Brown PD, Uhm JH, Rao RD, Doyle L, Giannini C, Jaeckle KA, Buckner JC. Combination of temsirolimus (CCI-779) with chemoradiation in newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) (NCCTG trial N027D) is associated with increased infectious risks. Clin Cancer Res. 2010 Nov 15; 16(22):5573-80. Epub 2010 Oct 04.
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  58. Kitange GJ, Carlson BL, Schroeder MA, Decker PA, Morlan BW, Wu W, Ballman KV, Giannini C, Sarkaria JN. Expression of CD74 in high grade gliomas: a potential role in temozolomide resistance. J Neurooncol. 2010 Nov; 100(2):177-86. Epub 2010 May 05.
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  59. Lopez JI, Scheithauer BW, Giannini C, Torp SH. Concurrent solitary fibrous tumor and low-grade fibrillary astrocytoma of the cerebellum. Clin Neuropathol. 2010 Sep-Oct; 29(5):301-6.
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  60. Chacko J, Brock W, Brown H, Luetmer P, Giannini C. Blurred vision and eye pain in a middle-aged woman. J Neuroophthalmol. 2010 Sep; 30(3):284-7.
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  61. Pittock SJ, Debruyne J, Krecke KN, Giannini C, van den Ameele J, De Herdt V, McKeon A, Fealey RD, Weinshenker BG, Aksamit AJ, Krueger BR, Shuster EA, Keegan BM. Chronic lymphocytic inflammation with pontine perivascular enhancement responsive to steroids (CLIPPERS). Brain. 2010 Sep; 133(9):2626-34. Epub 2010 Jul 17.
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  62. Rao AA, Laack NN, Giannini C, Wetmore C. Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma in children and adolescents. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Aug; 55(2):290-4.
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  63. Jaeckle KA, Ballman KV, Giannini C, Schomberg PJ, Ames MM, Reid JM, McGovern RM, Safgren SL, Galanis E, Uhm JH, Brown PD, Hammack JE, Arusell R, Nikcevich DA, Morton RF, Wender DB, Buckner JC. Phase II NCCTG trial of RT + irinotecan and adjuvant BCNU plus irinotecan for newly diagnosed GBM. J Neurooncol. 2010 Aug; 99(1):73-80. Epub 2010 Jan 9.
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  64. Bower RS, Burrus TM, Giannini C, Erickson BJ, Meyer FB, Pirko I, Mauermann ML. Teaching NeuroImages: demyelinating disease mimicking butterfly high-grade glioma. Neurology. 2010 Jul 13; 75(2):e4-5.
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  65. Pasol J, Sternau L, Luetmer P, Giannini C. Rapid progressive unilateral visual loss in an elderly man. J Neuroophthalmol. 2010 Jun; 30(2):188-92.
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  66. Rodriguez FJ, Giannini C. Oligodendroglial tumors: diagnostic and molecular pathology. Semin Diagn Pathol. 2010 May; 27(2):136-45.
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  67. Young NP, Weinshenker BG, Parisi JE, Scheithauer B, Giannini C, Roemer SF, Thomsen KM, Mandrekar JN, Erickson BJ, Lucchinetti CF. Perivenous demyelination: association with clinically defined acute disseminated encephalomyelitis and comparison with pathologically confirmed multiple sclerosis. Brain. 2010 Feb; 133(Pt 2):333-48. Epub 2010 Feb 03.
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  68. Rodriguez FJ, Scheithauer BW, Burger PC, Jenkins S, Giannini C. Anaplasia in pilocytic astrocytoma predicts aggressive behavior. Am J Surg Pathol. 2010 Feb; 34(2):147-60.
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  69. Abou Zeid NE, Burns JD, Wijdicks EF, Giannini C, Keegan BM. Atypical acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis (Hurst's disease) presenting with focal hemorrhagic brainstem lesion. Neurocrit Care. 2010 Feb; 12(1):95-7.
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  70. Sukov WR, Cheville JC, Giannini C, Carlson AW, Shearer BM, Sinnwell JP, Ketterling RP. Isochromosome 12p and polysomy 12 in primary central nervous system germ cell tumors: frequency and association with clinicopathologic features. Hum Pathol. 2010 Feb; 41(2):232-8. Epub 2009 Oct 03.
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  71. Lewis-Tuffin LJ, Rodriguez F, Giannini C, Scheithauer B, Necela BM, Sarkaria JN, Anastasiadis PZ. Misregulated E-cadherin expression associated with an aggressive brain tumor phenotype. PLoS One. 2010; 5(10):e13665. Epub 2010 Oct 27.
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  72. Rossi S, Rodriguez FJ, Mota RA, Dei Tos AP, Di Paola F, Bendini M, Agostini S, Longatti P, Jenkins RB, Giannini C. Primary leptomeningeal oligodendroglioma with documented progression to anaplasia and t(1;19)(q10;p10) in a child. Acta Neuropathol. 2009 Oct; 118(4):575-7. Epub 2009 Jun 27.
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  73. Drucker KL, Kitange GJ, Kollmeyer TM, Law ME, Passe S, Rynearson AL, Blair H, Soderberg CL, Morlan BW, Ballman KV, Giannini C, Jenkins RB. Characterization and gene expression profiling in glioma cell lines with deletion of chromosome 19 before and after microcell-mediated restoration of normal human chromosome 19. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2009 Oct; 48(10):854-64.
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  74. Rodriguez FJ, Mota RA, Scheithauer BW, Giannini C, Blair H, New KC, Wu KJ, Dickson DW, Jenkins RB. Interphase cytogenetics for 1p19q and t(1;19)(q10;p10) may distinguish prognostically relevant subgroups in extraventricular neurocytoma. Brain Pathol. 2009 Oct; 19(4):623-9. Epub 2008 Aug 15.
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  75. Carlson BL, Grogan PT, Mladek AC, Schroeder MA, Kitange GJ, Decker PA, Giannini C, Wu W, Ballman KA, James CD, Sarkaria JN. Radiosensitizing effects of temozolomide observed in vivo only in a subset of O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase methylated glioblastoma multiforme xenografts. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009 Sep 1; 75(1):212-9.
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  76. Bell ML, Rao S, So EL, Trenerry M, Kazemi N, Stead SM, Cascino G, Marsh R, Meyer FB, Watson RE, Giannini C, Worrell GA. Epilepsy surgery outcomes in temporal lobe epilepsy with a normal MRI. Epilepsia. 2009 Sep; 50(9):2053-60. Epub 2009 Apr 06.
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  77. Wrensch M, Jenkins RB, Chang JS, Yeh RF, Xiao Y, Decker PA, Ballman KV, Berger M, Buckner JC, Chang S, Giannini C, Halder C, Kollmeyer TM, Kosel ML, LaChance DH, McCoy L, O'Neill BP, Patoka J, Pico AR, Prados M, Quesenberry C, Rice T, Rynearson AL, Variants in the CDKN2B and RTEL1 regions are associated with high-grade glioma susceptibility. Nat Genet. 2009 Aug; 41(8):905-8. Epub 2009 Jul 05.
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  78. Schomas DA, Laack NN, Rao RD, Meyer FB, Shaw EG, O'Neill BP, Giannini C, Brown PD. Intracranial low-grade gliomas in adults: 30-year experience with long-term follow-up at Mayo Clinic. Neuro Oncol. 2009 Aug; 11(4):437-45. Epub 2008 Nov 18.
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  79. Galanis E, Jaeckle KA, Maurer MJ, Reid JM, Ames MM, Hardwick JS, Reilly JF, Loboda A, Nebozhyn M, Fantin VR, Richon VM, Scheithauer B, Giannini C, Flynn PJ, Moore DF Jr, Zwiebel J, Buckner JC. Phase II trial of vorinostat in recurrent glioblastoma multiforme: a north central cancer treatment group study. J Clin Oncol. 2009 Apr 20; 27(12):2052-8. Epub 2009 Mar 23.
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  80. Neder L, Scheithauer BW, Turel KE, Arnesen MA, Ketterling RP, Jin L, Moynihan TJ, Giannini C, Meyer FB. Desmoplastic small round cell tumor of the central nervous system: report of two cases and review of the literature. Virchows Arch. 2009 Apr; 454(4):431-9. Epub 2009 Mar 05.
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  81. Vogelbaum MA, Berkey B, Peereboom D, Macdonald D, Giannini C, Suh JH, Jenkins R, Herman J, Brown P, Blumenthal DT, Biggs C, Schultz C, Mehta M. Phase II trial of preirradiation and concurrent temozolomide in patients with newly diagnosed anaplastic oligodendrogliomas and mixed anaplastic oligoastrocytomas: RTOG BR0131. Neuro Oncol. 2009 Apr; 11(2):167-75. Epub 2008 Sep 08.
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  82. Kitange GJ, Carlson BL, Mladek AC, Decker PA, Schroeder MA, Wu W, Grogan PT, Giannini C, Ballman KV, Buckner JC, James CD, Sarkaria JN. Evaluation of MGMT promoter methylation status and correlation with temozolomide response in orthotopic glioblastoma xenograft model. J Neurooncol. 2009 Mar; 92(1):23-31. Epub 2008 Nov 15.
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  83. Josephs KA, Ahlskog JE, Parisi JE, Boeve BF, Crum BA, Giannini C, Petersen RC. Rapidly progressive neurodegenerative dementias. Arch Neurol. 2009 Feb; 66(2):201-7.
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  84. Miller DV, Salvarani C, Hunder GG, Brown RD, Parisi JE, Christianson TJ, Giannini C. Biopsy findings in primary angiitis of the central nervous system. Am J Surg Pathol. 2009 Jan; 33(1):35-43.
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  85. Rodriguez FJ, Scheithauer BW, Erickson LA, Jenkins RB, Giannini C. Ectopic low-grade adrenocortical carcinoma in the spinal region: immunohistochemical and molecular cytogenetic study of a pediatric case. Am J Surg Pathol. 2009 Jan; 33(1):142-8.
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  86. Jicha GA, Glantz J, Clarke MJ, Lehwald LM, Russo DP, Giannini C, Wald JT, Uhm J, Kumar N, Aksamit AJ, Wetmore CJ. Primary diffuse leptomeningeal gliomatosis. Eur Neurol. 2009; 62(1):16-22. Epub 2009 May 04.
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  87. Brown PD, Krishnan S, Sarkaria JN, Wu W, Jaeckle KA, Uhm JH, Geoffroy FJ, Arusell R, Kitange G, Jenkins RB, Kugler JW, Morton RF, Rowland KM Jr, Mischel P, Yong WH, Scheithauer BW, Schiff D, Giannini C, Buckner JC, North Central Cancer Treatment Group Phase I/II trial of erlotinib and temozolomide with radiation therapy in the treatment of newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme: North Central Cancer Treatment Group Study N0177. J Clin Oncol. 2008 Dec 1; 26(34):5603-9. Epub 2008 Oct 27.
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  88. Rodriguez FJ, Giannini C, Asmann YW, Sharma MK, Perry A, Tibbetts KM, Jenkins RB, Scheithauer BW, Anant S, Jenkins S, Eberhart CG, Sarkaria JN, Gutmann DH. Gene expression profiling of NF-1-associated and sporadic pilocytic astrocytoma identifies aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 family member L1 (ALDH1L1) as an underexpressed candidate biomarker in aggressive subtypes. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2008 Dec; 67(12):1194-204.
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  89. Rodriguez FJ, Scheithauer BW, Giannini C, Bryant SC, Jenkins RB. Epithelial and pseudoepithelial differentiation in glioblastoma and gliosarcoma: a comparative morphologic and molecular genetic study. Cancer. 2008 Nov 15; 113(10):2779-89.
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  90. Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK, Damek DM, Lillehei KO, Dogan A, Giannini C. Epstein Barr virus-associated primary CNS lymphomas in elderly patients on immunosuppressive medications. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2008 Nov; 67(11):1103-11.
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  91. Salvarani C, Brown RD Jr, Calamia KT, Christianson TJ, Huston J 3rd, Meschia JF, Giannini C, Miller DV, Hunder GG. Primary central nervous system vasculitis: comparison of patients with and without cerebral amyloid angiopathy. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2008 Nov; 47(11):1671-7. Epub 2008 Aug 27.
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  92. Porter AB, Bernold DM, Giannini C, Foote RL, Link MJ, Olsen KD, Moynihan TJ, Buckner JC. Retrospective review of adjuvant chemotherapy for esthesioneuroblastoma. J Neurooncol. 2008 Nov; 90(2):201-4. Epub 2008 Jul 17.
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  93. Cady FM, O'Neill BP, Law ME, Decker PA, Kurtz DM, Giannini C, Porter AB, Kurtin PJ, Johnston PB, Dogan A, Remstein ED. Del(6)(q22) and BCL6 rearrangements in primary CNS lymphoma are indicators of an aggressive clinical course. J Clin Oncol. 2008 Oct 10; 26(29):4814-9. Epub 2008 Jul 21.
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  95. Fealey ME, Edwards WD, Giannini C, Piepgras DG, Cloft H, Rihal CS. Complications of endovascular polymers associated with vascular introducer sheaths and metallic coils in 3 patients, with literature review. Am J Surg Pathol. 2008 Sep; 32(9):1310-6.
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  96. Salvarani C, Brown RD Jr, Calamia KT, Christianson TJ, Huston J 3rd, Meschia JF, Giannini C, Miller DV, Hunder GG. Angiography-negative primary central nervous system vasculitis: a syndrome involving small cerebral vessels. Medicine (Baltimore) 2008 Sep; 87(5):264-71.
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  97. Van Gompel JJ, Stead SM, Giannini C, Meyer FB, Marsh WR, Fountain T, So E, Cohen-Gadol A, Lee KH, Worrell GA. Phase I trial: safety and feasibility of intracranial electroencephalography using hybrid subdural electrodes containing macro- and microelectrode arrays. Neurosurg Focus. 2008 Sep; 25(3):E23.
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  98. Allen C, Paraskevakou G, Iankov I, Giannini C, Schroeder M, Sarkaria J, Schroeder M, Puri RK, Russell SJ, Galanis E. Interleukin-13 displaying retargeted oncolytic measles virus strains have significant activity against gliomas with improved specificity. Mol Ther. 2008 Sep; 16(9):1556-64. Epub 2008 Jul 29.
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  99. Claassen DO, Parisi JE, Giannini C, Boeve BF, Dickson DW, Josephs KA. Frontotemporal dementia mimicking dementia with Lewy bodies. Cogn Behav Neurol. 2008 Sep; 21(3):157-63.
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  100. Giannini C, Burger PC, Berkey BA, Cairncross JG, Jenkins RB, Mehta M, Curran WJ, Aldape K. Anaplastic oligodendroglial tumors: refining the correlation among histopathology, 1p 19q deletion and clinical outcome in Intergroup Radiation Therapy Oncology Group Trial 9402. Brain Pathol. 2008 Jul; 18(3):360-9. Epub 2008 Mar 26.
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  101. Lucchinetti CF, Gavrilova RH, Metz I, Parisi JE, Scheithauer BW, Weigand S, Thomsen K, Mandrekar J, Altintas A, Erickson BJ, Konig F, Giannini C, Lassmann H, Linbo L, Pittock SJ, Bruck W. Clinical and radiographic spectrum of pathologically confirmed tumefactive multiple sclerosis. Brain. 2008 Jul; 131(Pt 7):1759-75. Epub 2008 Jun 05.
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  102. Yang L, Clarke MJ, Carlson BL, Mladek AC, Schroeder MA, Decker P, Wu W, Kitange GJ, Grogan PT, Goble JM, Uhm J, Galanis E, Giannini C, Lane HA, James CD, Sarkaria JN. PTEN loss does not predict for response to RAD001 (Everolimus) in a glioblastoma orthotopic xenograft test panel. Clin Cancer Res. 2008 Jun 15; 14(12):3993-4001.
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  103. Salvarani C, Brown RD Jr, Calamia KT, Christianson TJ, Huston J 3rd, Meschia JF, Giannini C, Miller DV, Hunder GG. Primary CNS vasculitis with spinal cord involvement. Neurology. 2008 Jun 10; 70(24 Pt 2):2394-400.
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  104. Porter AB, Giannini C, Kaufmann T, Lucchinetti CF, Wu W, Decker PA, Atkinson JL, O'Neill BP. Primary central nervous system lymphoma can be histologically diagnosed after previous corticosteroid use: a pilot study to determine whether corticosteroids prevent the diagnosis of primary central nervous system lymphoma. Ann Neurol. 2008 May; 63(5):662-7.
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  105. Keegan BM, Giannini C, Parisi JE, Lucchinetti CF, Boeve BF, Josephs KA. Sporadic adult-onset leukoencephalopathy with neuroaxonal spheroids mimicking cerebral MS. Neurology. 2008 Mar 25; 70(13 Pt 2):1128-33. Epub 2008 Feb 20.
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  106. Rodriguez FJ, Perry A, Gutmann DH, O'Neill BP, Leonard J, Bryant S, Giannini C. Gliomas in neurofibromatosis type 1: a clinicopathologic study of 100 patients. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2008 Mar; 67(3):240-9.
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  107. Salvarani C, Brown RD Jr, Calamia KT, Huston J 3rd, Meschia JF, Giannini C, Miller DV, Hunder GG. Efficacy of tumor necrosis factor alpha blockade in primary central nervous system vasculitis resistant to immunosuppressive treatment. Arthritis Rheum. 2008 Feb 15; 59(2):291-6.
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  108. Salvarani C, Brown RD Jr, Calamia KT, Christianson TJ, Huston J 3rd, Meschia JF, Giannini C, Miller DV, Hunder GG. Primary central nervous system vasculitis with prominent leptomeningeal enhancement: a subset with a benign outcome. Arthritis Rheum. 2008 Feb; 58(2):595-603.
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  109. Foy AB, Giannini C, Raffel C. Allergic reaction to a bovine dural substitute following spinal cord untethering. Case report. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2008 Feb; 1(2):167-9.
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  110. Rodriguez FJ, Thibodeau SN, Jenkins RB, Schowalter KV, Caron BL, O'neill BP, James CD, Passe S, Slezak J, Giannini C. MGMT immunohistochemical expression and promoter methylation in human glioblastoma. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2008 Jan; 16(1):59-65.
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  112. Milligan BD, Giannini C, Link MJ. Ganglioglioma in the cerebellopontine angle in a child. Case report and review of the literature. J Neurosurg. 2007 Oct; 107(4 Suppl):292-6.
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  113. Schiff D, Brown PD, Giannini C. Outcome in adult low-grade glioma: the impact of prognostic factors and treatment. Neurology. 2007 Sep 25; 69(13):1366-73.
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  114. Buckner JC, O'Fallon JR, Dinapoli RP, Schomberg PJ, Farr G, Schaefer P, Giannini C, Scheithauer BW, Ballman KV. Prognosis in patients with anaplastic oligoastrocytoma is associated with histologic grade. J Neurooncol. 2007 Sep; 84(3):279-86. Epub 2007 Apr 13.
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  115. Kumar G, Kang CA, Giannini C. Neurosarcoidosis presenting as a cerebellar mass. J Gen Intern Med. 2007 Sep; 22(9):1373-6. Epub 2007 Jul 06.
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  116. Rodriguez FJ, Atkinson JL, Giannini C. Massive sellar and parasellar schwannoma. Arch Neurol. 2007 Aug; 64(8):1198-9.
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  117. O'Neill BP, Vernino S, Dogan A, Giannini C. EBV-associated lymphoproliferative disorder of CNS associated with the use of mycophenolate mofetil. Neuro Oncol. 2007 Jul; 9(3):364-9. Epub 2007 May 23.
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  118. Amador N, Scheithauer BW, Giannini C, Raffel C. Acute cerebellitis presenting as tumor. Report of two cases. J Neurosurg. 2007 Jul; 107(1 Suppl):57-61.
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  119. Rodriguez FJ, Eberhart C, O'Neill BP, Slezak J, Burger PC, Goldthwaite P, Wu W, Giannini C. Histopathologic grading of adult medulloblastomas. Cancer. 2007 Jun 15; 109(12):2557-65.
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  120. Kros JM, Gorlia T, Kouwenhoven MC, Zheng PP, Collins VP, Figarella-Branger D, Giangaspero F, Giannini C, Mokhtari K, Mork SJ, Paetau A, Reifenberger G, van den Bent MJ. Panel review of anaplastic oligodendroglioma from European Organization For Research and Treatment of Cancer Trial 26951: assessment of consensus in diagnosis, influence of 1p/19q loss, and correlations with outcome. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2007 Jun; 66(6):545-51.
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  121. Leenstra JL, Rodriguez FJ, Frechette CM, Giannini C, Stafford SL, Pollock BE, Schild SE, Scheithauer BW, Jenkins RB, Buckner JC, Brown PD. Central neurocytoma: management recommendations based on a 35-year experience. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2007 Mar 15; 67(4):1145-54 Epub 2007 Jun 30.
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  122. Sarkaria JN, Yang L, Grogan PT, Kitange GJ, Carlson BL, Schroeder MA, Galanis E, Giannini C, Wu W, Dinca EB, James CD. Identification of molecular characteristics correlated with glioblastoma sensitivity to EGFR kinase inhibition through use of an intracranial xenograft test panel. Mol Cancer Ther. 2007 Mar; 6(3):1167-74.
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  123. Pang NK, Bartley GB, Giannini C. Primary Ewing sarcoma of the orbit in an adult. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. 2007 Mar-Apr; 23(2):153-4.
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  124. Ballman KV, Buckner JC, Brown PD, Giannini C, Flynn PJ, LaPlant BR, Jaeckle KA. The relationship between six-month progression-free survival and 12-month overall survival end points for phase II trials in patients with glioblastoma multiforme. Neuro Oncol. 2007 Jan; 9(1):29-38. Epub 2006 Nov 15.
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  125. Allen C, Vongpunsawad S, Nakamura T, James CD, Schroeder M, Cattaneo R, Giannini C, Krempski J, Peng KW, Goble JM, Uhm JH, Russell SJ, Galanis E. Retargeted oncolytic measles strains entering via the EGFRvIII receptor maintain significant antitumor activity against gliomas with increased tumor specificity. Cancer Res. 2006 Dec 15; 66(24):11840-50.
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  126. Salvarani C, Giannini C, Miller DV, Hunder G. Giant cell arteritis: Involvement of intracranial arteries. Arthritis Rheum. 2006 Dec 15; 55(6):985-9.
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  127. Boeve BF, Baker M, Dickson DW, Parisi JE, Giannini C, Josephs KA, Hutton M, Pickering-Brown SM, Rademakers R, Tang-Wai D, Jack CR Jr, Kantarci K, Shiung MM, Golde T, Smith GE, Geda YE, Knopman DS, Petersen RC. Frontotemporal dementia and parkinsonism associated with the IVS1+1G->A mutation in progranulin: a clinicopathologic study. Brain. 2006 Nov; 129(Pt 11):3103-14. Epub 2006 Oct 09.
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  128. Jenkins RB, Blair H, Ballman KV, Giannini C, Arusell RM, Law M, Flynn H, Passe S, Felten S, Brown PD, Shaw EG, Buckner JC. A t(1;19)(q10;p10) mediates the combined deletions of 1p and 19q and predicts a better prognosis of patients with oligodendroglioma. Cancer Res. 2006 Oct 15; 66(20):9852-61.
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  129. Krishnan S, Brown PD, Ballman KV, Fiveash JB, Uhm JH, Giannini C, Jaeckle KA, Geoffroy FJ, Nabors LB, Buckner JC, North Central Cancer Treatment Group. Phase I trial of erlotinib with radiation therapy in patients with glioblastoma multiforme: results of North Central Cancer Treatment Group protocol N0177. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2006 Jul 15; 65(4):1192-9. Epub 2006 Apr 19.
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  130. Maramattom BV, Giannini C, Manno EM, Wijdicks EF, Campeau NG. Gliomatosis cerebri angiographically mimicking central nervous system angiitis: case report. Neurosurgery. 2006 Jun; 58(6):E1209; discussion E1209.
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  131. Colman H, Giannini C, Huang L, Gonzalez J, Hess K, Bruner J, Fuller G, Langford L, Pelloski C, Aaron J, Burger P, Aldape K. Assessment and prognostic significance of mitotic index using the mitosis marker phospho-histone H3 in low and intermediate-grade infiltrating astrocytomas. Am J Surg Pathol. 2006 May; 30(5):657-64.
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  132. Sarkaria JN, Carlson BL, Schroeder MA, Grogan P, Brown PD, Giannini C, Ballman KV, Kitange GJ, Guha A, Pandita A, James CD. Use of an orthotopic xenograft model for assessing the effect of epidermal growth factor receptor amplification on glioblastoma radiation response. Clin Cancer Res. 2006 Apr 1; 12(7 Pt 1):2264-71.
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  133. Patrick TA, Giannini C, Ebersold MJ, Link MJ. Iatrogenic cerebellar implantation of a vestibular schwannoma. Case report. J Neurosurg. 2006 Mar; 104(3):452-6.
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  134. Wetjen NM, Link MJ, Reimer R, Nichols DA, Giannini C. Clinical presentation and surgical management of dissecting posterior inferior cerebellar artery aneurysms: 2 case reports. Surg Neurol. 2005 Nov; 64(5):462-7.
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  135. McDonald JM, See SJ, Tremont IW, Colman H, Gilbert MR, Groves M, Burger PC, Louis DN, Giannini C, Fuller G, Passe S, Blair H, Jenkins RB, Yang H, Ledoux A, Aaron J, Tipnis U, Zhang W, Hess K, Aldape K. The prognostic impact of histology and 1p/19q status in anaplastic oligodendroglial tumors. Cancer. 2005 Oct 1; 104(7):1468-77.
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  136. Tu PH, Giannini C, Judkins AR, Schwalb JM, Burack R, O'Neill BP, Yachnis AT, Burger PC, Scheithauer BW, Perry A. Clinicopathologic and genetic profile of intracranial marginal zone lymphoma: A primary low-grade CNS lymphoma that mimics meningioma. J Clin Oncol. 2005 Aug 20; 23(24):5718-27.
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  137. Rodriguez FJ, Crum BA, Krauss WE, Scheithauer BW, Giannini C. Venous congestive myelopathy: a mimic of neoplasia. Mod Pathol. 2005 May; 18(5):710-8.
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  138. Giannini C, Sarkaria JN, Saito A, Uhm JH, Galanis E, Carlson BL, Schroeder MA, James CD. Patient tumor EGFR and PDGFRA gene amplifications retained in an invasive intracranial xenograft model of glioblastoma multiforme. Neuro Oncol. 2005 Apr; 7(2):164-76.
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  139. Rodriguez F, Link MJ, Driscoll CL, Giannini C. Neurosarcoidosis mimicking meningioma. Arch Neurol. 2005 Jan; 62(1):148-9.
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  140. Maramattom BV, Giannini C, Manno EM, Wijdicks EF. Wegener's granulomatosis and vertebro-basilar thrombosis. Cerebrovascular Diseases. 2005; 20(1):65-8.
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  141. Lee SB, Jones LK, Giannini C. Brainstem infarcts as an early manifestation of Streptococcus anginosus meningitis. Neurocrit Care. 2005; 3(2):157-60.
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  142. Allen C, McDonald C, Giannini C, Peng KW, Rosales G, Russell SJ, Galanis E. Adenoviral vectors expressing fusogenic membrane glycoproteins activated via matrix metalloproteinase cleavable linkers have significant antitumor potential in the gene therapy of gliomas. J Gene Med. 2004 Nov; 6(11):1216-27.
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  143. Aldape KD, Ballman K, Furth A, Buckner JC, Giannini C, Burger PC, Scheithauer BW, Jenkins RB, James CD. Immunohistochemical detection of EGFRvIII in high malignancy grade astrocytomas and evaluation of prognostic significance. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2004 Jul; 63(7):700-7.
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  144. Chang BS, Piao X, Giannini C, Cascino GD, Scheffer I, Woods CG, Topcu M, Tezcan K, Bodell A, Leventer RJ, Barkovich AJ, Grant PE, Walsh CA. Bilateral generalized polymicrogyria (BGP) - A distinct syndrome of cortical malformation. Neurology. 2004 May 25; 62(10):1722-8.
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  145. Rodriguez F, Scheithauer BW, Ockner DM, Giannini C. Solitary fibrous tumor of the cerebellopontine angle with salivary gland heterotopia: a unique presentation. Am J Surg Pathol. 2004 Jan; 28(1):139-42.
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  146. Moro M, Giannini C, Scheithauer BW, Lloyd RV, Restall P, Eagleton C, Law AJ, Kovacs K. Combined sellar fibrosarcoma and prolactinoma with neuronal metaplasia: Report of a case unassociated with radiotherapy. Endocr Pathol. 2004 Sum; 15(2):149-58.
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  147. McIver JI, Link MJ, Giannini C, Cohen-Gadol AA, Driscoll C. Choroid plexus papilloma and meningioma: Coincidental posterior fossa tumors - Case report and review of the literature. Surg Neurol. 2003 Oct; 60(4):360-5.
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  148. Giannini C. Gliomas of childhood. Pathologica. 2003 Oct; 95(5):237.
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  149. McWilliams RR, Giannini C, Hay ID, Atkinson JL, Stafford SL, Buckner JC. Management of brain metastases from thyroid carcinoma: a study of 16 pathologically confirmed cases over 25 years. Cancer. 2003 Jul 15; 98(2):356-62.
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  150. Phuong LK, Allen C, Peng KW, Giannini C, Greiner S, TenEyck CJ, Mishra PK, Macura SI, Russell SJ, Galanis EC. Use of a vaccine strain of measles virus genetically engineered to produce carcinoembryonic antigen as a novel therapeutic agent against glioblastoma multiforme. Cancer Res. 2003 May 15; 63(10):2462-9.
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  151. Cohen-Gadol AA, Pichelmann MA, Link MJ, Scheithauer BW, Krecke KN, Young WF, Hardy J, Giannini C. Granular cell tumor of the sellar and suprasellar region: Clinicopathologic study of 11 cases and literature review. Mayo Clin Proc. 2003 May; 78(5):567-73.
  152. Wijdicks EFM, Manno EM, Fulgham JR, Giannini C. Cerebral angiitis mimicking posterior leukoencephalopathy. J Neurol. 2003 Apr; 250(4):444-8.
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  153. Pollock BE, Stafford SL, Utter A, Giannini C, Schreiner SA. Stereotactic radiosurgery provides equivalent tumor control to Simpson Grade 1 resection for patients with small- to medium-size meningiomas. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2003 Mar 15; 55(4):1000-5.
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  154. Achim C, Auer R, Bergeron C, Cardozo A, Deprez M, de Vos R, Duyckaerts C, Egensperger R, Esiri M, Frosch MP, Giannini C, Goebel HH, Graeber MB, Graham DI, Gray F, Haltia M, Hashizume Y, Ikeda K, Ironside JW, Kreutzberg GW, Lantos P, Lowe J, Ludwin S, Mats Global democratic consensus on neuropathological disease criteria. Lancet Neurol. 2002 Oct; 1(6):340.
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  155. Link MJ, Driscoll CLW, Giannini C. Isolated, giant cerebellopontine angle craniopharyngioma in a patient with Gardner syndrome: Case report. Neurosurgery. 2002 Jul; 51(1):221-5.
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  156. Maher CO, Spinner RJ, Giannini C, Scheithauer BW, Crum BA. Neuromuscular choristoma of the sciatic nerve. Case report. J Neurosurg. 2002 Jun; 96(6):1123-6.
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  157. Dedeurwaerdere F, Giannini C, Sciot R, Rubin BP, Perilongo G, Borghi L, Ballotta ML, Cornips E, Demunter A, Maes B, Tos APD. Primary peripheral PNET/Ewing's sarcoma of the dura: a clinicopathologic entity distinct from central PNET. Mod Pathol. 2002 Jun; 15(6):673-8.
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  158. Giannini C, Reynolds C, Leavitt JA, Schultz GA, Garrity JA, Ebersold MJ, Scheithauer BW, Salomao DR. Choristoma of the optic nerve: case report. Neurosurgery. 2002 May; 50(5):1125-8.
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  159. Giannini C, Scheithauer BW, Lopes MB, Hirose T, Kros JM, VandenBerg SR. Immunophenotype of pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma. Am J Surg Pathol. 2002 Apr; 26(4):479-85.
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  160. Hirose T, Giannini C, Scheithauer BW. Ultrastructural features of pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma: a comparative study with glioblastoma multiforme. Ultrastruct Pathol. 2001 Nov-Dec; 25(6):469-78.
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  161. Egensperger R, Scheithauer BW, Horvath E, Kovacs K, Giannini C, Young WF, Lloyd R, Atkinson J, Nippoldt TB. Cushing's disease due to plurihormonal adrenocorticotropic hormone and gonadotropin-producing pituitary adenoma. Acta Neuropathol. 2001 Oct; 102(4):398-403.
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  162. Perry A, Giannini C, Raghavan R, Scheithauer BW, Banerjee R, Margraf L, Bowers DC, Lytle RA, Newsham IF, Gutmann DH. Aggressive phenotypic and genotypic features in pediatric and NF2-associated meningiomas: a clinicopathologic study of 53 cases. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2001 Oct; 60(10):994-1003.
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  163. Giannini C, Hebrink D, Scheithauer BW, Dei Tos AP, James CD. Analysis of p53 mutation and expression in pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma. Neurogenetics. 2001 Jul; 3(3):159-62.
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  164. Giannini C, Scheithauer BW, Weaver AL, Burger PC, Kros JM, Mork S, Graeber MB, Bauserman S, Buckner JC, Burton J, Riepe R, Tazelaar HD, Nascimento AG, Crotty T, Keeney GL, Pernicone P, Altermatt H. Oligodendrogliomas: reproducibility and prognostic value of histologic diagnosis and grading. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2001 Mar; 60(3):248-62.
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  165. Finckh U, Alberici A, Antoniazzi M, Benussi L, Fedi V, Giannini C, Gal A, Nitsch RM, Binetti G. Variable expression of familial Alzheimer disease associated with presenilin 2 mutation M239I. Neurology. 2000 May 23; 54(10):2006-8.
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  166. Vege KD, Giannini C, Scheithauer BW. The immunophenotype of ependymomas. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2000 Mar; 8(1):25-31.
  167. Giannini C, Di Paola F. [Brain tumors: update 6 years after the publication of the WHO blue book]. Pathologica Review Italian. 1999 Dec; 91(6):423-33.
  168. Losi L, Buonamici L, Dal Cin P, Giannini C, Dei Tos P, Calbucci F, Eusebi V. [Cytogenetics of tumors of the central nervous system: a case study and review of the literature]. Pathologica Review Italian. 1999 Aug; 91(4):249-55.
  169. Brat DJ, Giannini C, Scheithauer BW, Burger PC. Primary melanocytic neoplasms of the central nervous system. Am J Surg Pathol. 1999 Jul; 23(7):745-54.
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  170. Giannini C, Scheithauer BW, Burger PC, Brat DJ, Wollan PC, Lach B, O'Neill BP. Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma: what do we really know about it? Cancer. 1999 May 1; 85(9):2033-45.
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  171. Giannini C, Scheithauer BW, Burger PC, Christensen MR, Wollan PC, Sebo TJ, Forsyth PA, Hayostek CJ. Cellular proliferation in pilocytic and diffuse astrocytomas. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 1999 Jan; 58(1):46-53.
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  172. Giannini C, Scheithauer BW, Steinberg J, Cosgrove TJ. Intraventricular perineurioma: case report. Neurosurgery. 1998 Dec; 43(6):1478-81; discussion 1481-2.
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  173. Dei Tos AP, Dal Cin P, Sciot R, Furlanetto A, Da Mosto MC, Giannini C, Rinaldo A, Ferlito A. Synovial sarcoma of the larynx and hypopharynx. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 1998 Dec; 107(12):1080-5.
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  174. Calle-Rodrigue RD, Giannini C, Scheithauer BW, Lloyd RV, Wollan PC, Kovacs KT, Stefaneanu L, Ebright AB, Abboud CF, Davis DH. Prolactinomas in male and female patients: a comparative clinicopathologic study. Mayo Clin Proc. 1998 Nov; 73(11):1046-52.
  175. Giannini C, Scheithauer BW, Hellbusch LC, Rasmussen AG, Fox MW, McCormick SR, Davis DH. Peripheral nerve hemangioblastoma. Mod Pathol. 1998 Oct; 11(10):999-1004.
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  176. Giannini C, Dei Tos AP. [Neuropathological diagnosis and its therapeutic implication: how to avoid excessive treatment]. Pathologica (Italian) 1998 Aug; 90(4):408-11.
  177. Evidente VG, Adler CH, Giannini C, Conley CR, Parisi JE, Fletcher GP. Erdheim-Chester disease with extensive intraaxial brain stem lesions presenting as a progressive cerebellar syndrome. Mov Disord. 1998 May; 13(3):576-81.
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  178. Dal Cin P, Dei Tos AP, Qi H, Giannini C, Furlanetto A, Longatti PL, Marynen P, Van den Berghe H. Immature teratoma of the pineal gland with isochromosome 12p. Acta Neuropathol (Berl) 1998 Jan; 95(1):107-10.
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  179. Kovacs K, Giannini C, Scheithauer BW, Stefaneanu L, Lloyd RV, Horvath E. Pituitary Changes in Ataxia-Telangiectasia Syndrome: An Immunocytochemical, In Situ Hybridization, and DNA Cytometric Study of Three Cases. Endocr Pathol. 1997 Autumn; 8(3):195-203.
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  180. Perry A, Giannini C, Scheithauer BW, Rojiani AM, Yachnis AT, Seo IS, Johnson PC, Kho J, Shapiro S. Composite pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma and ganglioglioma: report of four cases and review of the literature. Am J Surg Pathol. 1997 Jul; 21(7):763-71.
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  181. Giannini C, Scheithauer BW. Classification and grading of low-grade astrocytic tumors in children. Brain Pathol. 1997 Apr; 7(2):785-98.
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  182. Engelstad JK, Davies JL, Giannini C, O'Brien PC, Dyck PJ. No evidence for axonal atrophy in human diabetic polyneuropathy. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 1997 Mar; 56(3):255-62.
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  183. Giannini C, Scheithauer BW, Jenkins RB, Erlandson RA, Perry A, Borell TJ, Hoda RS, Woodruff JM. Soft-tissue perineurioma. Evidence for an abnormality of chromosome 22, criteria for diagnosis, and review of the literature. Am J Surg Pathol. 1997 Feb; 21(2):164-73.
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  184. Dyck PJ, Giannini C. Pathologic alterations in the diabetic neuropathies of humans: a review. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 1996 Dec; 55(12):1181-93.
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  185. Giannini C, Dyck PJ. Axoglial dysjunction: a critical appraisal of definition, techniques, and previous results. Microscopy Research & Technique. 1996 Aug 1; 34(5):436-44.
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  186. Giannini C. Ultrastructural morphometric analysis of human sural nerve biopsies. Diabet Med Review. 1996 Jul; 13(7):675-6.
  187. Giannini C, Scheithauer BW, Wenger DE, Unni KK. Pigmented villonodular synovitis of the spine: a clinical, radiological, and morphological study of 12 cases. J Neurosurg. 1996 Apr; 84(4):592-7.
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