An account of the quality of life of patients after treatment for non- functioning pituitary tumours

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 401-406

  Page, Renee C L ^a   Hammersley, Margaret S ^a   Burke, Chris W ^a   Wass, John A H ^a  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C; STEROID; THYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; WELLBEING;

EID: 0030953239     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1997.1400957.x     Document Type: Article

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