- mixed somatotroph-lactotroph adenoma
- the most common type of mixed-cell adenoma, containing two cell types that produce respectively growth hormone and prolactin. Cf. mammosomatotroph a.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
mixed somatotroph-lactotroph adenoma
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