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Hamartoma, a rare cause of a prepontine mass

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  1. Division of Neurosurgery, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York

    C. G. Gaposchkin

  2. Department of Surgery, St. Mary's Hospital, Waterbury, Connecticut

    C. Biggs

  3. Department of Neurological Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    A. P. Rosiello

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Gaposchkin, C.G., Biggs, C. & Rosiello, A.P. Hamartoma, a rare cause of a prepontine mass. Acta neurochir 139, 90–91 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01850876

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