Silent pituitary macroadenoma co-secreting growth hormone and thyroid stimulating hormone

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 318-320

  Sen, Orhan ^a   Ertorer, M Eda ^a   Aydin, M Volkan ^a   Erdogan, Bulent ^a   Altinors, Nur ^a   Zorludemir, Suzan ^b   Guvener, Nilgun ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Pituitary adenoma; Plurihormonal; Silent

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STAINING;

EID: 17844369139     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2004.05.011     Document Type: Article

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