Ten-year follow-up results of transsphenoidal microsurgery in acromegaly

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 4596-4602

  Biermasz, Nienke R ^a   Van Dulken, Hans ^a   Roelfsema, Ferdinand ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; OCTREOTIDE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACROMEGALY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0034489270     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.85.12.7042     Document Type: Article

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