The outcome of surgery for acromegaly: The need for a specialist pituitary surgeon for all types of growth hormone (GH) secreting adenoma

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 653-657

  Lissett, C A ^a   Peacey, S R ^a   Laing, I ^b   Tetlow, L ^b   Davis, J R E ^c   Shalet, S M ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MICROADENOMA; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031769360     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1998.00581.x     Document Type: Article

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