Gamma knife radiosurgery for growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenomas invading the cavernous sinus

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 213-217

  Fukuoka, Seiji ^a,b   Ito, Tamio ^a   Takanashi, Masami ^a   Hojo, Atsufumi ^a   Nakamura, Hirohiko ^a  

^a Nakamura Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^b Nakamura Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Cavernous sinus; Gamma knife; Growth hormone; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; GROWTH HORMONE; OCTREOTIDE; SOMATOMEDIN;

ADULT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIATION DOSE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOMA; ADULT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 0035788589     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066721     Document Type: Conference Paper

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