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Table 1 Histochemical distribution of adenomas

From: Intrasellar pressure in patients with pituitary adenoma – relation to tumour size and growth pattern

  

Total

Men

Women

 
  

N

N

N

 

Functioning adenoma

 

GH

12

7

5

 
 

Prolactin

2

1

1

 
 

ACTH

2

1

1

 
 

Thyroxine

1

1

0

 
 

Gonadotrophin

3

1

2

 
 

Multiple

3

1

2

 

Non-functioning adenoma

67

39

28

 

Functionality not clear

3

1

2

 
  1. Table 1 shows the histochemical distribution of the included pituitary adenomas. No difference in histochemical distribution, nor comparing functioning and non-functioning adenomas as groups, were found between men and women (ChiSquare-test)
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BMC Neurology

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