LINAC Radiosurgery in Recurrent Cushing's Disease after Transsphenoidal Surgery: A Series of 5 Cases

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 327-330

  Wong, G K ^a   Leung, C H ^a   Chiu, K W ^a   Ma, R ^a   Cockram, C S ^a   Lam, M J ^a   Poon, W S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cushing's disease; LINAC; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER REGRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; CUSHING DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE DEFICIENCY; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPITUITARISM; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MALE; RADIOSURGERY; RECURRENT DISEASE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADENOMA; ADULT; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOSURGERY; RECURRENCE; SPHENOID BONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1442340109     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-812497     Document Type: Article

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