The use of postoperative ACTH levels as a marker for successful transsphenoidal microsurgery in Cushing's disease

Zentralblatt fur Neurochirurgie

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 6-11

  Flitsch, J ^a   Knappe, U J ^a   Ludecke D K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

ACTH; Cortisol; Cushing's disease; Recurrence; Remission; Transsphenoidal microsurgery

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; TUMOR MARKER;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING DISEASE; DISEASE MARKER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADENOMA; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SPHENOID BONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037266376     PISSN: 00444251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-37145     Document Type: Article

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