Prediagnostic natural history and initial symptoms in 517 patients with hypophyseal adenoma;Erstsymptome und Anamnesezeiten bei 517 Patienten mit Hypophysenadenomen

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 213-219

  Stoffel Wagner, B ^a   Stoger P ^a   Klingmuller D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMPOTENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYMPTOM; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 0031043785     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1047599     Document Type: Article

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