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Corticotroph Pituitary Stone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Amine M. Korchi*
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Geneva University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Shahan Momjian
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Geneva University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Maria-Isabel Vargas
Affiliation:
Department of Neuroradiology, Geneva University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
*
Department of Radiology, Geneva University Hospitals, Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, 1211 Genève 14, Switzerland.
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Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2012

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