Rathke's cleft cysts

Frontiers of Hormone Research

Volumn 34, Issue , 2006, Pages 127-157

  Kanter, Adam S ^a   Sansur, Charles A ^a   Jane Jr , John A ^a   Laws Jr , Edward R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 33644622620     PISSN: 03013073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000091579     Document Type: Review

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