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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Vienna Medical University (AKH), Waehringer Guertel 18–20, 1090, Vienna, Austria

    Stefan Wolfsberger & Engelbert Knosp

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Wolfsberger, S., Knosp, E. Comments on the WHO 2004 classification of pituitary tumors. Acta Neuropathol 111, 66–67 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-005-1097-2

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