Prevalence of Lymphocytic Infiltrate in 1400 Pituitary Adenomas

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 357-361

  Heshmati, Hassan M ^a,d   Kujas, Michèle ^a   Casanova, Sylvie ^a   Wollan, Peter C ^c   Racadot, Jean ^a   Van Effenterre, Rémy ^a   Derome, Pierre J ^b   Turpin, Gérard ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b FOCH HOSPITAL   (France)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d Sanofi Research Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Lymphocytic infiltrate; Pituitary adenomas; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; LYMPHOCYTES, TUMOR-INFILTRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032082858     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.45.357     Document Type: Article

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