Double Pituitary Adenomas: Six Surgical Cases

Pituitary

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 243-250

  Sano, Toshiaki ^a   Horiguchi, Hidehisa ^a   Xu, Bing ^a   Li, Chiun ^a   Hino, Akiko ^a   Sakaki, Mika ^a   Kannuki, Seiji ^a   Yamada, Shozo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Cytokeratin; Double pituitary adenoma; GH cell adenoma; Immunohistochemistry; Surgically resected adenoma

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GIGANTISM; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CANCER; PATHOLOGY;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GIGANTISM; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; PITUITARY HORMONES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 0033122992     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1009994123582     Document Type: Article

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