Anemia, testosterone, and pituitary adenoma in men

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 974-977

  Ellegala, Dilantha B ^b   Alden, Tord D ^b   Couture, Daniel E ^b   Vance, Mary L ^b   Maartens, Nicholas F ^b   Laws Jr , Edward R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anemia; Hypogonadism; Pituitary tumor; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOPOIESIS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0344837723     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2003.98.5.0974     Document Type: Article

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