Gender-related differences in prolactin secretion in pituitary prolactinomas

Neuroradiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 407-410

  Nishioka, H ^a   Haraoka, J ^a   Akada, K ^a   Azuma, S ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gender; MRI; Pituitary adenomas; Prolactin; Prolactinomas; Tumor volume

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PROLACTINOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUMOR BLEEDING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BROMOCRIPTINE; FEMALE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTIN; PROLACTINOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0036952476     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-002-0774-2     Document Type: Article

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