With the advent of cell culture techniques, safer surgical approaches and immunosuppressant therapy, pituitary transplantation might offer a more long-term solution for the treatment of ...

The smoking gun supplied by Levkowitz's team consisted of cells belonging to a specific type that lit up in the "wrong" pituitary lobe. The researchers were able to reveal them by combining Chen's ...

Different types of pituitary tumors can cause different signs and symptoms that lead to them being found. For most types of cancer, the stage (extent) of the cancer is an important part of determining ...

The AIP gene codes for the AIP protein and it is synthetised in several types of cells including the cells of the pituitary gland. AIP is thought to be a tumour suppressor gene. Its function is to ...

An 85-year-old man was referred to endocrinology following the discovery of an incidental pituitary mass on cranial imaging which was thought to be a non-functioning adenoma during an admission with ...

You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways. Pituitary gland dimensions in normal individuals are largely influenced by age, gender and ...

(1) The first phase of diabetes insipidus is initiated by a partial or complete pituitary stalk section, which severs the connections between the cell bodies of AVP-secreting neurons in the ...