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Human prolactin-producing pituitary adenomas in three-dimensional culture

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  1. Laboratoire d’Endocrinologie Moléculaire, URA CNRS 256, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042, Rennes, France

    Jean-Michel Guiraud, Fabienne Beuron, Benoît Sion, Marie-Lise Thieulant & Jacques Duval

  2. Service de Neurochirurgie, Centre Hospitalier Regional, Avenue du Professeur Leon Bernard, 35042, Rennes, France

    Gilles Brassier & Jean Faivre

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Guiraud, JM., Beuron, F., Sion, B. et al. Human prolactin-producing pituitary adenomas in three-dimensional culture. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol - Animal 27, 188–190 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02630914

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