Atypical pituitary adenoma exhibiting densely secretory granules and basophilia without hormone production

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 93-96

  Mittelbronn, Michel ^a   Meyermann, Richard ^a   Honegger, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atypical pituitary adenoma; Basophilia; Hormone inactivity; Secretory granules

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN P53;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASOPHILIA; CASE REPORT; CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIPLOPIA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEURORADIOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SECRETORY GRANULE; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 33745651363     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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