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Choosing the best pre-operative management for large pituitary adenomas. Emerging questions

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  1. Unità Operativa di Endocrinologia e Malattie del Ricambio, Ospedale Bellaria, Via Altura 3, 40139, Bologna, Italy

    Marco Faustini-Fustini & A. Goldoni

  2. Dipartimento di Oncologia, Italy

    F. Roncaroli

  3. Unità Operativa di Neurochirurgia, Ospedale Bellaria, Bologna, Italy

    G. Frank

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Faustini-Fustini, M., Goldoni, A., Roncaroli, F. et al. Choosing the best pre-operative management for large pituitary adenomas. Emerging questions. J Endocrinol Invest 23, 417–418 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03343747

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