Transsphenoidal microsurgery for Cushing's disease: Initial outcome and long-term results

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 6348-6357

  Hammer, Gary D ^a   Tyrrell, J Blake ^b   Lamborn, Kathleen R ^b   Applebury, Carol B ^b   Hannegan, Elizabeth T ^b   Bell, Scott ^b   Rahl, Riva ^c   Lu, Amy ^d   Wilson, Charles B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; CUSHING DISEASE; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPITUITARISM; LIQUORRHEA; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MICROSURGERY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADENOMA; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPHENOID SINUS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10344252276     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2003-032180     Document Type: Article

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