Lactotroph hyperplasia in an estrogen treated male-to-female transsexual patient

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3177-3179

  Serri, Omar ^a   Noiseux, Daniel ^a   Robert, Françoise ^a   Hardy, Jules ^a  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYPROTERONE ACETATE; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTINOMA; SEX TRANSFORMATION; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY; VOMITING;

ADULT; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTINOMA; SEX REVERSAL, GONADAL;

EID: 0029795513     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.9.3177     Document Type: Conference Paper

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