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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Hokkaido University Hospital, North-15, West-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8638, Japan

    Yutaka Sawamura MD, PhD

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, De L’HCUG, Rue Micheli du Crest 24, Geneva, 1211, Switzerland

    Nicolas de Tribolet 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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Sawamura, Y., de Tribolet, N. (2006). Tumors of the Pineal Region. 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_13

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