Prolactin-producing pituitary adenoma with incomplete neuronal transformation: An intermediate adenoma-neuronal tumor

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-120

  Thodou, Eleni ^a   Kontogeorgos, George ^a,b   Horvath, Eva ^b   Kovacs, Kalman ^b  

^a KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Choristoma; Gangliocytoma; Ganglion; Immunocytochemistry; Neuron

Indexed keywords

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; CHROMOGRANIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; PROLACTIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL POPULATION; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NAUSEA; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTINOMA; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 4344717900     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-004-0862-y     Document Type: Article

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