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ID DOID:4439
Name central nervous system germ cell tumor
Definition A central nervous system cancer that is characterized by tumors near the pineal gland, the pituitary gland and the tissue just above it, develops from mismigrational pluripotent embryonic cells that remain in the brain after birth, has_material_basis_in abnormally proliferating cells derives_from germ cells.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25233069
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NCI:C5461

UMLS_CUI:C1332880

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central nervous system germ cell tumour [EXACT]

germ cell tumor of the CNS [EXACT]

germ cell tumour of the CNS [EXACT]

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is_a germ cell cancer

is_a central nervous system cancer

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derives from some germ cell

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