Origin of "Ectpic" Pituitary Adenomas

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1269-1281

  Hori, Akira ^a   Matsumura, Akira ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ectopic pituitary adenomas; Ontogenesis; Pituitary adenomas; Pituitary gland

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN;

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; ECTOPIC TISSUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; ADENOMA; CHORISTOMA; CUSHING SYNDROME; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; ECTOPIC HORMONE PRODUCTION; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; PATHOLOGY;

ACTH SYNDROME, ECTOPIC; ADENOMA; ADENOMA, BASOPHIL; CHORISTOMA; CUSHING SYNDROME; HUMANS; PARANEOPLASTIC ENDOCRINE SYNDROMES; PITUITARY GLAND, POSTERIOR; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1342269080     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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