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Unusual Type of Growth Hormone-Producing Pituitary Tumor in Acromegaly

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This work was supported, in part, by Health and Labour Science Research Grants (Research on Measures for Intractable Diseases) from the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare of Japan.

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  1. Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki, Aomori, 036-8562, Japan

    Satoshi Yamagata, Kazunori Kageyama, Satoru Sakihara, Shinobu Takayasu, Shinji Chikazawa & Toshihiro Suda

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Toranomon Hospital, 2-2-2 Toranomon, Minatoku, Tokyo, 105-8470, Japan

    Shozo Yamada

  3. Department of Pathology, Toranomon Hospital, 2-2-2 Toranomon, Minatoku, Tokyo, 105-8470, Japan

    Naoko Inoshita & Toshiaki Sano

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Yamagata, S., Kageyama, K., Sakihara, S. et al. Unusual Type of Growth Hormone-Producing Pituitary Tumor in Acromegaly. Endocr Pathol 23, 201–204 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12022-012-9210-2

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