Pituitary adenomas and granular cell tumors: Incidence, cell type, and location of tumor in 100 pituitary glands at autopsy

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 817-825

  Tomita, Tatsuo ^a   Gates, Evelyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Growth hormone; Luteinizing hormone and granular cell tumors; Pituitary adenomas; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0033044789     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/111.6.817     Document Type: Article

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