A case of nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma resembling so-called silent corticotroph adenoma

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 329-333

  Sakaguchi, Hiromi ^a,d   Koshiyama, Hiroyuki ^a,e   Sano, Toshiaki ^b   Inoue, Daisuke ^a   Hashimoto, Nobuo ^c   Aoki, Norihiko ^d   Nakao, Kazuwa ^e  

^a HYOGO PREFECTURAL AMAGASAKI GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^d KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ACTH; Bromocriptine; Cytokeratin; Nonfunctioning adenoma; Silent corticotroph adenoma; Visual disturbance

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0031008244     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.44.329     Document Type: Article

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