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  1. Neurochirurgische Klinik, Universitätskrankenhaus Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany

    Dieter K. Lüdecke MD & Jörg Flitsch MD

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 1428666, Japan

    Takumi Abe MD

  3. Department of Endocrinology, University Clinic, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45122, Essen, Germany

    Stephan Petersen MD

  4. Department of Pathology, Marienkrankenhaus, Alfredstrasse 9, 22087, Hamburg, Germany

    Wolfgang Saeger MD

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Klinikum Großhadern, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377, Munich, Germany

    Jörg-Christian Tonn MD

  2. Johns Hopkins Oncology Center Neuro-Oncology, Cancer Bldg G-93 1650 Orleans St., Baltimore, MD, 21231, USA

    Stuart A. Grossman

  3. Division of Neurosurgery, The University of Toronto, The Hospital for Sick Children, Suite 1504, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8, Canada

    James T. Rutka MD

  4. Neurochirurgische Klinik, Universitätskrankenhaus Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany

    Manfred Westphal MD

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Lüdecke, D.K., Abe, T., Flitsch, J., Petersen, S., Saeger, W. (2006). Functioning Adenomas. In: Tonn, JC., Grossman, S.A., Rutka, J.T., Westphal, M. (eds) Neuro-Oncology of CNS Tumors. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-31260-9_12

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