Pituitary abscess

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 351-353

  Hon, Christine S ^a   Knuckey, Neville ^a   Robbins, Peter ^b   Pullan, Peter T ^a  

^a PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^b Division of Tissue Pathology   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diabetes insipidus; Hypopituitarism; Pituitary abscess

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011828412     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(99)90065-6     Document Type: Article

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