1. Contents

   Table of Contents Pages: 1 - 2

2. Pituitary adenomas: their pathogenesis and recent management

   • Akira Teramoto

   Preface Pages: 93 - 93

3. Genesis of pituitary adenomas: state of the art

   • Giovanni Faglia
   • Anna Spada

   OriginalPaper Pages: 95 - 110

4. Molecular pathology of pituitary adenomas

   • Ricardo V. Lloyd

   OriginalPaper Pages: 111 - 119

5. Classification of pituitary adenomas

   • Kalman Kovacs
   • Eva Horvath
   • Sergio Vidal

   OriginalPaper Pages: 121 - 127

6. Acromegaly: historical perspectives and current therapy

   • John A. Jane Jr.
   • Kamal Thapar
   • Edward R. Laws Jr.

   OriginalPaper Pages: 129 - 137

7. Current management of prolactinomas

   • Panos Nomikos
   • Michael Buchfelder
   • Rudolf Fahlbusch

   OriginalPaper Pages: 139 - 150

8. Cushing's disease: a surgical view; This Publication is dedicated to our professor emeritus Dr. med. Rudolf Kautzky

   • Dieter K. Lüdecke
   • Jörg Flitsch
   • Wolfgang Saeger

   OriginalPaper Pages: 151 - 166

9. Endocrine inactive and gonadotroph adenomas: diagnosis and management

   • Marco Losa
   • Pietro Mortini
   • Massimo Giovanelli

   OriginalPaper Pages: 167 - 177

10. Thyrotropin-secreting pituitary adenomas. Clinical and biological heterogeneity and current treatment

    • Naoko Sanno
    • Akira Teramoto
    • R. Yoshiyuki Osamura

    OriginalPaper Pages: 179 - 186

11. Endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery

    • Hae-Dong Jho

    OriginalPaper Pages: 187 - 195

12. The role of gamma knife radiosurgery in the management of pituitary adenomas

    • Marja Thorén
    • Charlotte Höybye
    • Anna-Lena Hulting

    OriginalPaper Pages: 197 - 203

13. Instructions for authors

    Instructions for Authors Pages: 205 - 209