Transsphenoidal microsurgical selective removal of multiple (Triple) adenomas of the pituitary gland

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 425-428

  Salpietro, Francesco M ^a   Alafaci, C ^a   Grasso, G ^a   Lucerna, S ^a   Passalacqua, M ^a   Tomasello, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Multiple adenomas; Transsphenoidal microsurgery

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; PROTIRELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; MICROADENOMA; MICROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGOMENORRHEA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADENOMA; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032906093     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050319     Document Type: Article

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