Membranous layers of the pituitary gland: Histological anatomic study and related clinical issues

Neurosurgery

Volumn 64, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Qi, Songtao ^a   Lu, Yuntao ^a   Pan, Jun ^a   Huang, Chuanping ^a   Shi, Xiaofeng ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cavernous sinus; Histology; Pituitary adenomas; Pituitary capsule; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CELL INVASION; FEMALE; FETUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; LAMINA PROPRIA; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; PITUITARY CAPSULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CADAVER; CAVERNOUS SINUS; COLORING AGENTS; DISSECTION; EOSINE YELLOWISH-(YS); FEMALE; FETUS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HEMATOXYLIN; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANES; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 62849121504     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000327688.76833.F7     Document Type: Article

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