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High Incidence of Chromophobe Pituitary Adenoma-Like Lesions in an Inbred Sprague-Dawley Breeding Rat Colony

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A high incidence is recorded of pituitary chromophobe adenomalike lesions in an inbred Sprague-Dawley line of laboratory rats. 80 % of the males and 5 % of the females had the lesion at an age of about 340 days. The patho-anatomical features are described and the significance of the lesion is shortly discussed.

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Andersson, P. High Incidence of Chromophobe Pituitary Adenoma-Like Lesions in an Inbred Sprague-Dawley Breeding Rat Colony. Acta Vet Scand 10, 111–117 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03548282

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