Stages of improvement in visual fields after pituitary tumor resection

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 813-820

  Kerrison, John B ^a   Lynn, Michael J ^b   Baer, Claxton A ^c   Newman, Steven A ^c   Biousse, Valerie ^a   Newman, Nancy J ^a,d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d EMORY EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PERIMETRY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0034535523     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(00)00539-0     Document Type: Article

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