MRI of growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenomas: Factors determining pretreatment hormone levels

Neuroradiology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 765-771

  Saeki, N ^a   Iuchi, T ^a   Isono, S ^b   Eda, M ^a   Yamaura, A ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Growth hormone secreting; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pituitary, adenoma

Indexed keywords

ACROMEGALY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPHENOID; SURGICAL APPROACH; TUMOR VOLUME;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033431871     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050839     Document Type: Article

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