Incidental pituitary macroadenoma: A population-based study

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 314, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 287-291

  Nammour, Gloria M ^a   Ybarra, Juan ^a   Naheedy, M Hossain ^b   Romeo, June H ^a   Aron, David C ^a,c  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Macroadenoma; Pituitary; Sella turcica

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED SCINTIGRAPHY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIMETRY; PREVALENCE; SELLA TURCICA; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0030830642     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-199711000-00003     Document Type: Article

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