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  1. Pituitary Tumours    
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  3. Pituitary tumours account for ten per cent of clinically significant intracranial tumours. Currently, they are most frequently classified as ΓÇÿfunctioningΓÇÖ or ΓÇÿnonfunctioningΓÇÖ, depending on whether a known hormone (for example, prolactin) is produced by the tumour. 
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  5. See later:
  6. ΓÇó Characteristics of Pituitary Tumours
  7. ΓÇó Pituitary Adenomas
  8. ΓÇó Prolactinomas
  9. ΓÇó Pseudoprolactinomas
  10. ΓÇó Somatotroph Cell Adenomas 
  11. ΓÇó Corticotroph Cell Adenomas
  12. ΓÇó Molecular Biology of Pituitary Tumours
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  14. See also:
  15. ΓÇó Local Effects of Hypothalamic or Pituitary Lesions