Non-functioning pituitary adenomas: Indications for postoperative radiotherapy

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 713-717

  Woollons, Andrew C ^a   Hunn, Martin K ^a   Rajapakse, Yasantha R ^a   Toomath, Robyn ^a   Hamilton, David A ^a   Conaglen, John V ^b   Balakrishnan, V ^a  

^a WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADENOMA, CHROMOPHOBE; ADULT; AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034492459     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2000.01153.x     Document Type: Article

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