Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Volume 23, Issue 5 , Pages 677-692 , October 2009

Surgical treatment of pituitary tumours

  • Michael Buchfelder, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Neurochirurgische Klinik mit Poliklinik, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schwabachanlage 6, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany. Tel.: +49 9131 85 34566; Fax: +49 9131 85 34476.
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  • Sven Schlaffer, MD

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doi: 10.1016/j.beem.2009.05.002

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