Prolactin-producing pituitary adenoma associated with prolactin cell hyperplasia

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 157-165

  Vidal, Sergio ^a,b   Horvath, Eva ^a   Syro, Luis V ^c   Uribe, Humberto ^d   Cohen, Sandy ^a   Kovacs, Kalman ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL PABLO TOBÓN URIBE   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Human; Immunohistochemistry; Pituitary hyperplasia; Prolactin adenoma

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROLACTINOMA; ULTRASTRUCTURE; AMENORRHEA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GALACTORRHEA; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN SECRETING CELL; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ADULT; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTINOMA; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0036020550     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/EP:13:2:157     Document Type: Article

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