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The presence of progesterone receptors in arachnoid granulations and in the lining of arachnoid cysts: its relevance to expression of progesterone receptors in meningiomas

A. Verhagen, K. G. Go, G. M. Visser, M. A. Blankenstein, W. Vaalburg PET Centre and Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Groningen, and; Department of Endocrinology, University Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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