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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia Health System, Box 800212, Charlottesville, VA, 22903, USA

    Aaron S. Dumont MD

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia Health System, Box 800212, Charlottesville, VA, 22908-0711, USA

    Jay Jagannathan MD & John A. Jane Jr 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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Dumont, A.S., Jagannathan, J., Jane, J.A. (2006). Pituitary Tumors in Children. 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_40

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