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Expanding the clinical and molecular spectrum of pituitary blastoma

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Methylation data from pituitary blastoma, adenoma and control samples (n = 16) were kindly supplied by Dr. William Foulkes, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. This study was supported by Children Cancer Foundation, Hong Kong and the Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF), the Food and Health Bureau of Hong Kong (Reference Number 06171666). We thank both families for consenting to the publication of this report.

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  1. Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China

    Anthony Pak-Yin Liu, Shing Chan & Godfrey Chi-Fung Chan

  2. Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Hong Kong Children’s Hospital, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China

    Anthony Pak-Yin Liu, Alex Wing-Kwan Leung, Matthew Ming-Kong Shing & Godfrey Chi-Fung Chan

  3. Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China

    Kay Ka-Wai Li, Chit Chow, Ka-Fai To & Ho-Keung Ng

  4. Department of Paediatrics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China

    Alex Wing-Kwan Leung

  5. Division of Neurosurgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China

    Danny Tat-Ming Chan

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Liu, A.PY., Li, K.KW., Chow, C. et al. Expanding the clinical and molecular spectrum of pituitary blastoma. Acta Neuropathol 143, 415–417 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-022-02407-6

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