Pituitary apoplexy in acromegaly, a long-term follow-up study in two patients

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 298-303

  Roelfsema, F ^a   Van Den Berg, G ^a   Van Dulken, H ^a   Veldhuis, J D ^b   Pincus, S M ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Deconvolution analysis; Entropy; Growth hormone; Pituitary apoplexy; Rhythms

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; ENTROPY; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; MALE; VENOUS BLOOD;

EID: 0031778759     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03350332     Document Type: Article

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