Intraoperative bilateral cavernous sinus sampling for ACTH measurements during transsphenoidal pituitary surgery in patients with Cushing's disease

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 334-338

  Czirják, Sándor ^a   Bezzegh, Attila ^a   Gál, Anna ^a   Rácz, Károly ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cushing's disease; Intraoperative ACTH measurement; Transsphenoidal pituitary surgery

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CUSHING DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; PEROPERATIVE CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADENOMA; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CHILD; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SPHENOID BONE;

EID: 0036312459     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(02)00028-8     Document Type: Article

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