Vanishing psammoma bodies in the anterior pituitary of the human newborn: An immunohistochemical and histometric study

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 151-157

  Terada, Takahiko ^a,c   Stefaneanu, Lucia ^a   Kovacs, Kalman ^a   Scheithauer, Bernd W ^b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcification; Newborn; Peroxidase activity; Pituitary; Prolactinomas; Psammoma bodies

Indexed keywords

EID: 13044273411     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02739975     Document Type: Article

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