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Silent Somatotroph Adenoma of the Pituitary in an Adolescent

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Safraz Mohammed ,
Luis Syro ,
Verónica Abad ,
Fateme Salehi ,
Eva Horvath ,
Bernd W. Scheithauer ,
Kalman Kovacs  and
Michael Cusimano
Safraz Mohammed
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, St. Michael's Hospital University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Luis Syro
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Clinica Medellin and Hospital Pablo Tobon Uribe, Medellin, Colombia
Verónica Abad
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Clinica Medellin and Hospital Pablo Tobon Uribe, Medellin, Colombia
Fateme Salehi
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, St. Michael's Hospital Department of Laboratory Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Eva Horvath
Affiliation:
Department of Laboratory Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital
Bernd W. Scheithauer*
Affiliation:
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Kalman Kovacs
Affiliation:
Department of Laboratory Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Michael Cusimano
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, St. Michael's Hospital University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
*
Mayo Clinic, Department of Laboratory, Medicine and Pathology, 200 First Street, SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 1 , January 2009 , pp. 123 - 125
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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2009

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