Beneficial gamma-knife radiosurgery in a patient with Nelson's syndrome

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 60-63

  Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H R ^a   Kitz, Klaus ^b   Beuls, Emiel M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bromocriptine; Cell culture; Gamma knife radiosurgery; Nelson's syndrome

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; CORTICOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; NELSON SYNDROME; RADIOSURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NELSON SYNDROME; RADIOSURGERY; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031806425     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(97)00124-8     Document Type: Article

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