Can intra-operative GH measurement in acromegalic subjects predict completeness of surgery?

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-51

  Van Den Berg, Gerrit ^a   Van Dulken, Hans ^a   Frölich, Marijke ^a   Meinders, A Edo ^a   Roelfsema, Ferdinand ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; PLASMA HALF LIFE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031817786     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1998.00436.x     Document Type: Article

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