Pituitary stem cells: Review of the literature and current understanding

Neurosurgery

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 770-780

  De Almeida, João Paulo C ^a   Sherman, Jonathan H ^b   Salvatori, Roberto ^c   Quiñones Hinojosa, Alfredo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Pituitary; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; XENOGRAFT;

ADENOMA; ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 77956185806     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000373013.75994.CD     Document Type: Review

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