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Hyperprolactinaemia in patients with pituitary adenomas. The pituitary stalk compression syndrome

A. KRUSE Departments of Neurosurgery,
,
J. ASTRUP Departments of Neurosurgery,
,
C. GYLDENSTED Neuroradiology and
&
G. E. COLD Neuroanaestesiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
Pages 453-458 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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