Growth pattern and rate in residual nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas: Correlations among tumor volume doubling time, patient age, and MIB-1 index

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 359-365

  Tanaka, Yuichiro ^a   Hongo, Kazuhiro ^a   Tada, Tsuyoshi ^a   Sakai, Keiichi ^a   Kakizawa, Yukinari ^a   Kobayashi, Shigeaki ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

MIB 1 index; Pituitary adenoma; Transsphenoidal surgery; Tumor volume

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0037305148     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2003.98.2.0359     Document Type: Article

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