Transsphenoidal surgery for acromegaly in Wales: Results based on stringent criteria of remission

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 3567-3572

  De, P ^a   Rees, D A ^a   Davies, N ^a   John, R ^a   Neal, J ^a   Mills, R G ^a   Vafidis, J ^a   Davies, J S ^a   Scanlon, M F ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPITUITARISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MICROADENOMA; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY HORMONES, ANTERIOR; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPHENOID BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALES;

EID: 0042384687     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2002-021822     Document Type: Article

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