Transsphenoidal surgery for Cushing's disease: Outcome in patients with a normal magnetic resonance imaging scan

Neurosurgery

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 553-559

  Semple, Patrick Lyle ^a   Vance, Mary Lee ^b   Findling, James ^c   Laws Jr , Edward R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c ST LUKE S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cushing's disease; Normal magnetic resonance imaging; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CUSHING DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034100713     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200003000-00005     Document Type: Article

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