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Editorial| Volume 132, ISSUE 1, P4-5, July 1998

Antipituitary autoantibodies: Potential markers for autoimmune endocrine disorders

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      APA (antipituitary antibody), ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay)
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