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A suggestion to introduce the diagnosis of “diffuse midline glioma of the pons, H3 K27 wildtype (WHO grade IV)”

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SVvZ is financially supported by the Semmy Foundation (Stichting Semmy), DGvV is financially supported by VUmc-CCA*Children. CMK and AOvB are financially supported by the Deutsche Kinderkrebsstiftung.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

    André O. von Bueren

  2. Department of Pediatrics, CANSEARCH Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

    André O. von Bueren

  3. Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany

    André O. von Bueren & Christof M. Kramm

  4. Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, 68167, Mannheim, Germany

    Michael Karremann

  5. Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

    Gerrit H. Gielen

  6. Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University of Graz, Graz, Austria

    Martin Benesch

  7. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Maryam Fouladi

  8. Department of Neuro-Oncology, Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Dannis G. van Vuurden & Sophie E. M. Veldhuijzen van Zanten

  9. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Oncology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Dannis G. van Vuurden & Sophie E. M. Veldhuijzen van Zanten

  10. Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA

    Lindsey M. Hoffman

  11. Morgan Adams Foundation Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Program, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA

    Lindsey M. Hoffman

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von Bueren, A.O., Karremann, M., Gielen, G.H. et al. A suggestion to introduce the diagnosis of “diffuse midline glioma of the pons, H3 K27 wildtype (WHO grade IV)”. Acta Neuropathol 136, 171–173 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-018-1863-6

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