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Hypophysitis Secondary to a Ruptured Rathke Cleft Cyst

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Nancy McLaughlin
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal - Hôpital Notre-Dame, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
François Lavigne
Affiliation:
Division of ENT Surgery, Department of Surgery, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal - Hôpital Notre-Dame, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Shaun Kilty
Affiliation:
Division of ENT Surgery, Department of Surgery, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal - Hôpital Notre-Dame, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
France Berthelet
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal - Hôpital Notre-Dame, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Michel W. Bojanowski*
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal - Hôpital Notre-Dame, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
*
Neurosurgery Division, CHUM-Hôpital Notre-Dame, 1560 Sherbrooke St. East, Montreal, Quebec, H2L 4M1, Canada.
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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2010

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