Silent adenoma subtype 3 of the pituitary - Immunohistochemical and ultrastructural classification: A review of 29 cases

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 511-524

  Horvath, E ^a   Kovacs, K ^a   Smyth, H S ^a   Cusimano, M ^a   Singer, W ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell derivation; Pituitary adenoma; Rostral thyrotroph; Treatment; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; PROLACTIN; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR; THYROTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA CHAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GOLGI COMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MITOCHONDRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SECRETORY GRANULE; SILENT ADENOMA SUBTYPE 3; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SEX FACTORS;

RODENTIA;

EID: 28844462820     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: 15210758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01913120500323514     Document Type: Review

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