Cabergoline decreases somatotroph adenoma size: A case report

Pituitary

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-110

  Rickels, Michael R ^a   Snyder, Peter J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Cabergoline; Dopamine agonists; Somatotroph adenoma

Indexed keywords

CABERGOLINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GADOLINIUM; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; PROLACTIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR; THYROXINE;

ACROMEGALY; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CANCER INHIBITION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; LEG CRAMP; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOMA; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ERGOLINES; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 14944339645     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-005-5353-1     Document Type: Article

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