Pituitary apoplexy with spontaneous cure of acromegaly and its possible relation to Gd-DTPA-Administration

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 139, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 992-994

  Wichers, M ^a   Kristof, R A ^a   Springer, W ^a   Schramm, J ^a   Klingmuller D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Gd DTPA; MRI; Pituitary apoplexy

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GROWTH HORMONE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY APOPLEXY; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0030695120     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01411312     Document Type: Article

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