Clinical and cytofunctional classification of pituitary adenomas: Proposal of a new classification

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 138, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1186-1192

  Sanno, N ^a   Teramoto, A ^b   Osamura, R Y ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Classification; Cytofunction; Pathology; Pituitary adenoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMAGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

ADENOMA; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANEOPLASTIC ENDOCRINE SYNDROMES; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029906595     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01809749     Document Type: Article

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