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01-01-2006 | Letter to the Editor

The new WHO classification of human pituitary tumors: comments

Authors: Dominique Figarella-Branger, Jacqueline Trouillas

Published in: Acta Neuropathologica | Issue 1/2006

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Until now pituitary tumors are considered as benign and usually named “pituitary adenomas”, whereas only the very rare pituitary tumors (0.2%) with subarachnoid, brain or systemic metastasis are considered as malignant, the so-called “pituitary carcinomas”. …

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Title: The new WHO classification of human pituitary tumors: comments
Authors: Dominique Figarella-Branger
Jacqueline Trouillas
Publication date: 01-01-2006
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Acta Neuropathologica / Issue 1/2006
Print ISSN: 0001-6322
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0533
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-005-1099-0

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