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Pituitary Abscess: Review and Highlight of a Case Mimicking Pituitary Apoplexy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2014

Godefroy Hardy St-Pierre*
Affiliation:
London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital
Sandrine de Ribaupierre
Affiliation:
London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital
Brian W. Rotenberg
Affiliation:
St. Joseph's Health Care, London, Ontario, Canada
Carolyn Benson
Affiliation:
London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital
*
LHSC, University Hospital, 339 Windermere Road, London, Ontario, N6A 5A5, Canada. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2013

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