Pituitary carcinoma: An ultrastructural study of eleven cases

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 227-242

  Scheithauer, B W ^a   Fereidooni, F ^a   Horvath, E ^a   Kovacs, K ^a   Robbins, P ^a   Tews, D ^a   Henry, K ^a   Pernicone, P ^a   Galley T A , Jr ^a   Meyer, F B ^a   Young W F , Jr ^a   Fahlbusch, R ^a   Buchfelder, M ^a   Lloyd, R V ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropin; Metastasis; Pituitary carcinoma; Prolactin; Somatotropin; Thyrotropin; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CYTOKERATIN; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METASTASIS; MITOSIS; NELSON SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADENOMA; ADENOMA, ACIDOPHIL; ADOLESCENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTIN; STEM CELLS; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 17844392618     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/019131201300343865     Document Type: Article

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