1. Foreword

   • Kalman Kovacs

   OriginalPaper Pages: 145 - 145

2. Are Markers of Proliferation Valuable in the Histological Assessment of Pituitary Tumours?

   • Helen E. Turner
   • John A.H. Wass

   OriginalPaper Pages: 147 - 151

3. Growth Factors in Pituitary Tumors

   • Cristina Missale
   • Chiara Fiorentini
   • PierFranco Spano

   OriginalPaper Pages: 153 - 158

4. Molecular Determinants of Pituitary Cytodifferentiation

   • Sylvia L. Asa
   • Shereen Ezzat

   OriginalPaper Pages: 159 - 168

5. Pituitary Hyperplasia

   • Eva Horvath
   • Kalman Kovacs
   • Bernd Scheithauer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 169 - 179

6. Clinical Correlates in Acromegalic Patients with Pituitary Tumours Expressing GSP Oncogenes

   • M. Buchfelder
   • R. Fahlbusch
   • E.F. Adams

   OriginalPaper Pages: 181 - 185

7. Distribution and Regulation of Proconvertases PC1 and PC2 in Human Pituitary Adenomas

   • Long Jin
   • Elzbieta Kulig
   • Ricardo V. Lloyd

   OriginalPaper Pages: 187 - 195

8. Prolactin-Producing Pituitary Adenoma and Carcinoma with Neuronal Components<197>A Metaplastic Lesion

   • B.W. Scheithauer
   • E. Horvath
   • D.F. Lyons

   OriginalPaper Pages: 197 - 206

9. Immunocytochemical Accumulation of p53 in Corticotroph Adenomas: Relationship with Heat Shock Proteins and Apoptosis

   • George Kontogeorgos
   • Nikiforos Kapranos
   • Stylianos Tsagarakis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 207 - 212

10. Proliferation Markers in Different Types of Clinically Non-Secreting Pituitary Adenomas

    • Silke Schreiber
    • Wolfgang Saeger
    • Dieter K. Lüdecke

    OriginalPaper Pages: 213 - 220

11. Ultrastructural Characteristics of TSH-Producing Adenomas with Special Reference to its Close Similarity to BFA-Treated Pituitary Adenoma Cells

    • Hidetoshi Ikeda
    • Yoshikazu Ogawa
    • Takashi Yoshimoto

    OriginalPaper Pages: 221 - 226

12. Expression of von Hippel-Lindau Protein (VHL-P) in Nontumorous and Adenomatous Human Pituitaries

    • Sergio Vidal
    • Lucia Stefaneanu
    • Bernd W. Scheithauer

    OriginalPaper Pages: 227 - 232

13. Morphological Characterization and Subtyping of Silent Somatotroph Adenomas

    • Heiji Naritaka
    • Toru Kameya
    • Takeshi Kawase

    OriginalPaper Pages: 233 - 241

14. Double Pituitary Adenomas: Six Surgical Cases

    • Toshiaki Sano
    • Hidehisa Horiguchi
    • Shozo Yamada

    OriginalPaper Pages: 243 - 250

15. Endocrine/Paracrine Control of Pituitary Cell Proliferation and its Involvement in Pituitary Tumorigenesis

    • Marek Pawlikowski

    OriginalPaper Pages: 251 - 256

16. Aspects of Anterior Pituitary Growth, with Special Reference to Corticotrophs

    • Anne M McNicol
    • E Carbajo-Perez

    OriginalPaper Pages: 257 - 268

17. Pit-1 Positive α-Subunit Positive Nonfunctioning Human Pituitary Adenomas: A Dediferentiated GH Cell Lineage?

    • R.Y. Osamura
    • S. Tahara
    • A. Teramoto

    OriginalPaper Pages: 269 - 271

18. Familial Acromegaly: Case Report and Review of the Literature

    • Alain Verloes
    • Achille Stevenaert
    • Albert Beckers

    OriginalPaper Pages: 273 - 277

19. A Functioning Composite ‘Corticotroph’ Pituitary Adenoma with Interspersed Adrenocortical Cells

    • Felipe C. Albuquerque
    • Martin H. Weiss
    • David R. Hinton

    OriginalPaper Pages: 279 - 284

20. A Case of Lymphocytic Infundibuloneurohypophysitis: Histophathological Studies

    • Kayo Waki
    • Shozo Yamada
    • Yuzo Endo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 285 - 290

21. Cytology of Pituitary Thyrotroph Hyperplasia in Protracted Primary Hypothyroidism

    • Ahmed M. Alkhani
    • Michael Cusimano
    • William Singer

    OriginalPaper Pages: 291 - 295

22. A Case of Pituitary Adenoma Associated with McCune-Albright Syndrome

    • Seigo Sakaki
    • Shunichi Yokoyama
    • Jun-ichi Kuratsu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 297 - 302

23. Lymphocytic Hypophysitis Masking a Suprasellar Germinoma in a 12-year-old Girl<197>A Case Report

    • Marita Fehn
    • Markus Bettendorf
    • Wolfgang Saeger

    OriginalPaper Pages: 303 - 307