Neurology of the pituitary gland
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REVIEW: NEUROLOGY AND MEDICINE Neurology of the pituitary gland
Neurological presentations of pituitary disease ”Pituitary incidentalomas” may be disclosed when investigating unrelated disease (fig 1). Although figures from 5% to 27% have been quoted for the incidence of subclinical adenomas at postmortem, far fewer are of significant size—that is, over 5 mm in diameter with deviation of the stalk and unilateral enlargement of the gland. Careful endocrine a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.66.6.703