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Human chorionic gonadotropin elevation is not an intracranial germ cell tumor signature

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  1. Department of neurosurgery A, Hôpital Neurologique et Neurochirurgical Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 59 bd Pinel, 69500, Bron, France

    P. Bourdillon & E. Jouanneau

  2. Department of Neuro-Oncology, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France

    D. Frappaz

  3. Department of anatomopathology, Hôpital Neurologique et Neurochirurgical Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices civils de Lyon, Bron, France

    A. Vasiljevic

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Bourdillon, P., Frappaz, D., Vasiljevic, A. et al. Human chorionic gonadotropin elevation is not an intracranial germ cell tumor signature. Acta Neurochir 155, 1037–1038 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-013-1711-3

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