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The new WHO classification of human pituitary tumors: comments

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  1. Service d’Anatomie Pathologique et de Neuropathologie et Laboratoire de Biopathologie de l’Adhésion et de la Signalisation, EA3281, Faculté de Médecine timone, 27 Bd Jean Moulin, 13385, Marseille Cedex 5, France

    Dominique Figarella-Branger

  2. Laboratoire d’Histologie et Embryologie moléculaires, INSERM U433, Faculté de Médecine Lyon-RTH Laennec, rue G. Paradin, 69372, Lyon Cedex 08, France

    Jacqueline Trouillas

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Figarella-Branger, D., Trouillas, J. The new WHO classification of human pituitary tumors: comments. Acta Neuropathol 111, 71–72 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-005-1099-0

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