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A Rarely Encountered Case: A Patient with Primary Pituitary Tuberculosis and Stroke

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  1. Department of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450051, China

    Min Chen & Hongbo Liu

  2. Department of MRI, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450051, China

    Chengru Song

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Chen, M., Song, C. & Liu, H. A Rarely Encountered Case: A Patient with Primary Pituitary Tuberculosis and Stroke. Neurosci. Bull. 34, 546–548 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-018-0227-5

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