Pituitary tumours

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Pituitary tumours are a common type of intracranial neoplasm and, depending on the cell type of origin, have diverse endocrine and reproductive effects. The developmental biology of the different cell types is understood to result from a sequential activation of a cascade of transcription factors, and mutations in these factors result in various forms of hypopituitarism. Tumours in the pituitary gland arise from...

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