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Simpson grade IV resections of skull base meningiomas: does the postoperative tumor volume impact progression?

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We cordially thank Dorothee Cäcilia Spille and Kira Marie Voß for the thoroughly and intricate collection of the clinical data for previous analyses.

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    Benjamin Brokinkel, Walter Stummer & Peter Sporns

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building A1, 48149, Münster, Germany

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Brokinkel, B., Stummer, W. & Sporns, P. Simpson grade IV resections of skull base meningiomas: does the postoperative tumor volume impact progression?. J Neurooncol 137, 219–221 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-017-2715-2

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