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Endoscopic surgery for cystic lesions of the pituitary region

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 15 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA elaws@partners.org

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  1. ER Laws is the Director of Pituitary Surgery in the Department of Neurosurgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,

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Laws, E. Endoscopic surgery for cystic lesions of the pituitary region. Nat Rev Endocrinol 4, 662–663 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpendmet0975

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