Cytology of Pituitary Thyrotroph Hyperplasia in Protracted Primary Hypothyroidism

Pituitary

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 291-295

  Alkhani, Ahmed M ^a   Cusimano, Michael ^a   Kovacs, Kaiman ^a   Bilbao, Juan M ^a   Horvath, Eva ^a   Singer, William ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cytology; Hypothyroidism; Pituitary; Pituitary adenoma; Thyrotroph hyperplasia

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN;

ADENOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADENOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 0033123176     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1009966812195     Document Type: Article

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