Nonpituitary Tumors of the Sellar Region

The Pituitary

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 655-674

  Moshkin, Olga ^a   Albrecht, Steffen ^b   Bilbao, Juan M ^c   Kovacs, Kalman ^d  

^a PRHC   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-380926-1.10019-7     Document Type: Chapter

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