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5-ALA fluorescence applied to glioneuronal tumors

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Padua, Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova, via Giustiniani, 2-35128, Padova, Italy

    Oriela Rustemi, Renato Scienza & Alessandro Della Puppa

  2. Department of Medicine (DIMED), Surgical Pathology & Cytopathology Unit, University Hospital of Padua, Padua, Italy

    Marina Paola Gardiman

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We state that no ethics committee approval was required for our study, since it concerns an intraoperative technique that is routinely used in our institution.

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Rustemi, O., Gardiman, M.P., Scienza, R. et al. 5-ALA fluorescence applied to glioneuronal tumors. Acta Neurochir 158, 2123–2125 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-016-2971-5

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