Radiation therapy for Cushing's disease: A review

Pituitary

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 175-180

  Mahmoud Ahmed, Ashraf S ^a   Suh, John H ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Cushing's disease; Radiation therapy; Review

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GOLD 198; YTTRIUM 90;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTROCYTOMA; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN NECROSIS; CANCER INVASION; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; CUSHING DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPITUITARISM; MENINGIOMA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RELAPSE; REMISSION; REVIEW; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOMA; CUSHING SYNDROME; HUMANS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 0038813734     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023365200437     Document Type: Review

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