The neurosurgical management of prolactinomas

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 128-132

  Gokalp, H Z ^a   Deda, H ^a   Attar, A ^a   Ugur, H C ^a   Arasil, E ^a   Egemen, N ^a   De Divitiis, E ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bromocriptine; Microsurgery; Pituitary neoplasms; Prolactinoma therapy

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE MESILATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALACTORRHEA; GONADAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTINOMA; RHINORRHEA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROLACTIN; PROLACTINOMA; RETREATMENT;

EID: 0033737244     PISSN: 00264881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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