Transsphenoidal surgery for acromegaly: Endocrinological follow-up of 98 patients

Neurosurgery

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1239-1245

  Shimon, Llan ^a   Cohen, Zvi R ^a   Ram, Zvi ^b   Hadani, Moshe ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Growth hormone; Insulin like growth factor I; Pituitary adenoma; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; REOPERATION; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0035005767     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200106000-00008     Document Type: Article

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