Pre-morbid morphological conditions of the human pituitary

Neuropathology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-48

  Rittierodt, Marion ^a   Hori, Akira ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Incidentaloma; Pituitary adenoma; Pituitary gland; Premorbid states

Indexed keywords

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CYST; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE; GRANULE CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; INCIDENTALOMA; LEPTOMENINX; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MORBIDITY; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; SALIVARY GLAND CARCINOMA; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELANGIECTASIA;

AUTOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY DISEASES; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS;

EID: 33846424596     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2006.00745.x     Document Type: Article

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