Pituitary adenoma producing growth hormone and adrenocorticotropin: A histological, immunocytochemical, electron microscopic, and in situ hybridization study

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1111-1115

  Kovacs, Kalman ^a   Horvath, Eva ^b   Stefaneanu, Lucia ^b   Bilbao, Juan ^b   Singer, William ^b   Muller, Paul J ^b   Thapar, Kamal ^b   Stone, Elaine ^b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Growth hormone; Pathology; Pituitary; Pituitary adenoma

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL TYPE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031842052     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.88.6.1111     Document Type: Article

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