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Nature Reviews Endocrinology 5, 586 (1 November 2009) | doi:10.1038/nrendo.2009.190

Pituitary gland: Prevalence of pituitary adenomas in a geographically well-defined population

Linda Koch

Epidemiological data on pituitary adenomas could help optimize allocation of resources for the provision of care and services for patients with these intracranial neoplasms. A cross-sectional study of a well-defined population in Banbury (Oxfordshire, UK) has now revealed a fourfold increased prevalence of pituitary adenomas compared with previous findings.