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After tests, Lily received a cancer diagnosis of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG).
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Bryan West, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
The smiley toddler had diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, or DIPG, a cancer that occurs in the part of the brain stem that controls vital functions including breathing, blood pressure and heart rate.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 19 Mar. 2025
Joe first shared the devastating news that Joules was diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) earlier this year in a TikTok posted on May 27.
—Athena Sobhan, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
Hobson and McCarley proposed a complex physiological model in which the activation is driven by the giant cells of the pontine tegmentum.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 7 Apr. 2010
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Bryan West, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
The smiley toddler had diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, or DIPG, a cancer that occurs in the part of the brain stem that controls vital functions including breathing, blood pressure and heart rate.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 19 Mar. 2025
Joe first shared the devastating news that Joules was diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) earlier this year in a TikTok posted on May 27.
—Athena Sobhan, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
Hobson and McCarley proposed a complex physiological model in which the activation is driven by the giant cells of the pontine tegmentum.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 7 Apr. 2010
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“Pontine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pontine. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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pontine
adjective
pon·tine
ˈpän-ˌtīn 
: of or relating to the pons
a study of pontine lesions
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