Prevalence of pituitary incidentaloma in the Iranian cadavers

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 692-694

  Aghakhani, K ^a   Kadivar, M ^a   Kazemi Esfeh, S ^b   Zamani, N ^a   Moradi, M ^a   Sanaei Zadeh, H ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Autopsy; concealed tumors; Iranian cadavers; pituitary gland; prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CADAVER; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; IRAN; MALE; PITUITARY INCIDENTALOMA; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; CADAVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84856368271     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: 09745130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.91493     Document Type: Article

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