Pharyngeal pituitary: Development, malformation, and tumorigenesis

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 262-272

  Hori, Akira ^a   Schmidt, D ^b   Rickels, E ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Agnes Karll Krankenhaus Laatzen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development of pituitary gland; Ectopic pituitary adenoma; Pharyngeal pituitary; Pituitary hormone; Pituitary malformation

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLIVUS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PHARYNX; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADENOMA; ANENCEPHALY; CHORISTOMA; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY HORMONES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RETICULIN; SPHENOID SINUS;

EID: 0032823070     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010051079     Document Type: Article

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