Transsphenoidal surgery and adjuvant gamma knife treatment for growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 285-291

  Ikeda, H ^a   Jokura, H ^a   Yoshimoto, T ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Growth hormone; Pituitary adenoma; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACROMEGALY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CAVERNOUS SINUS; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0034859454     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2001.95.2.0285     Document Type: Article

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