The immunophenotype of pituitary adenomas

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 145-150

  Lloyd, Ricardo V ^a   Scheithauer, Bernd W ^a   Kovacs, Kalman ^b   Roche, Patrick C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adenomas; Immunostaining; Pituitary gland

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001376413     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02739974     Document Type: Article

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