Epithelioid Pituicytoma
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Pituicytoma in a mouse.
* Address correspondence to: Daniel Morton, Abbott Laboratories, D-469 AP13A, 100 Abbott Park Road, Abbott Park, Illinois 600643500; email: [email protected]. A 26-mo-old female Crl:CD-l@(ICR)BR mouse in good general health was euthanized at the end of a study. At necropsy, a single cyst 5 mm in diameter was found in the left ovary, and multiple 2-4-mm cysts were seen in the endometrium. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Neurosurgery
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1878-8750
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2011.09.011