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01-06-2013 | Letter to the editor - Brain Tumors

A Rathke’s cleft cyst located entirely in the anterior pituitary lobe

Authors: Yasuyuki Kinoshita, Atsushi Tominaga, Satoshi Usui, Kaoru Kurisu

Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica | Issue 6/2013

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Title: A Rathke’s cleft cyst located entirely in the anterior pituitary lobe
Authors: Yasuyuki Kinoshita
Atsushi Tominaga
Satoshi Usui
Kaoru Kurisu
Publication date: 01-06-2013
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica / Issue 6/2013
Print ISSN: 0001-6268
Electronic ISSN: 0942-0940
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-013-1666-4

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