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Non-uniform Response to Temozolomide Therapy in a Pituitary Gonadotroph Adenoma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Ayca Ersen
Affiliation:
Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey
Luis V. Syro
Affiliation:
Hospital Pablo Tobon Uribe and Clinica Medellin Medellin, Colombia Email: lvsyro@une.net.co
Luis C. Penagos
Affiliation:
Hospital Pablo Tobon Uribe and Clinica Medellin Medellin, Colombia Email: lvsyro@une.net.co
Humberto Uribe
Affiliation:
Clinica SOMA, Medellin, Colombia
Bernd W. Scheithauer deceased
Affiliation:
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Leon D. Ortiz
Affiliation:
Instituto de Cancerologia, Clinica Las Americas, Medellin, Colombia
Fabio Rotondo
Affiliation:
St. Michael's Hospital. University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Eva Horvath
Affiliation:
St. Michael's Hospital. University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Kalman Kovacs
Affiliation:
St. Michael's Hospital. University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Abstract

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Type
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Copyright
Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2012

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