Pituitary anatomy and physiology

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-23

  Amar, Arun Paul ^a   Weiss, Martin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; INTERMEDIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OXYTOCIN; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN; VASOPRESSIN;

CAROTID ARTERY; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CRANIAL NERVE; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PITUITARY GLAND EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SELLA TURCICA; SKULL BASE; SPHENOID;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PITUITARY GLAND; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0037262477     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1042-3680(02)00017-7     Document Type: Review

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