Results of stereotactic radiosurgery in patients with hormone-producing pituitary adenomas: Factors associated with endocrine normalization

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 525-530

  Pollock, Bruce E ^a   Nippoldt, Todd B ^a   Stafford, Scott L ^a   Foote, Robert L ^a   Abboud, Charles F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Cushing disease; Pituitary adenoma; Prolactin; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; CORTICOTROPIN; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GROWTH HORMONE; HORMONE ANTAGONIST; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; OCTREOTIDE; PROLACTIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN NECROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUSHING DISEASE; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPERPITUITARISM; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOSURGERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL RISK; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0036714594     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2002.97.3.0525     Document Type: Article

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