Outcome of transphenoidal surgery for acromegaly and its relationship to surgical experience

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 561-567

  Ahmed, S ^a   Elsheikh, M ^a   Stratton, I M ^a   Page, R C L ^a   Adams, C B T ^a   Wass, J A H ^a  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ACROMEGALY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REMISSION; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032939537     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1999.00760.x     Document Type: Article

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