Bone window CT evaluation of the nasal cavity for the transsphenoidal approach

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 285-289

  Saeki, N ^a   Yamaura, A ^b   Numata, T ^b   Hoshi, S ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acromegaly; CT; Nasal cavity; Pituitary adenoma; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE MUCOSA; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033049187     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699943691     Document Type: Article

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