The regional oxygen saturation of pituitary adenomas is lower than that of the pituitary gland: Microspectrophotometric study with potential clinical implications

Neurosurgery

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 880-886

  Kristof, Rudolf A ^a,b   Aliashkevich, Ales F ^a   Hans, Volkmar ^a   Haun, Dorothee ^a   Meyer, Bernhard ^a   Thees, Christoph ^a   Schramm, Johannes ^a   Hodge Jr , Charles J ^c   Laws Jr , Edward R ^c   Mayberg, Marc R ^c   Langmoen, Iver A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

CD34; CD45; Microspectrophotometry; Pituitary adenoma; Pituitary gland; Regional oxygen saturation

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; MICROVASCULATURE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0141640800     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000083604.09901.F6     Document Type: Article

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