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Pituicytoma of the Neurohypophysis: Analysis of Cell Proliferation Biomarkers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

J. Karamchandani*
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, St. Michaels Hospital Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto ON, Canada
L. V. Syro
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Clinica Medellin and Hospital Pablo Tobon Uribe
H. Uribe
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Clinica SOMA, Medellin, Colombia
E. Horvath
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, St. Michaels Hospital
K. Kovacs
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, St. Michaels Hospital Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto ON, Canada
*
St. Michael's Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 1W8, Canada. Email: jkaramch@gmail.com
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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2012

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