Pituitary surgery and postoperative management in Cushing's disease

Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 459-478

  Utz, Andrea L ^a,b   Swearingen, Brooke ^a,b   Biller, Beverly M K ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLUTETHIMIDE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZELASTINE; BROMOCRIPTINE; CABERGOLINE; CORTICOTROPIN; DESMOPRESSIN; DEXAMETHASONE; ETOMIDATE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; KETOCONAZOLE; LOPERAMIDE; METYRAPONE; MIFEPRISTONE; MINERALOCORTICOID; MITOTANE; OCTREOTIDE; PASIREOTIDE; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR AGONIST; PREDNISONE; ROSIGLITAZONE; SOMATOSTATIN; TRILOSTANE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENALECTOMY; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; EDEMA; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GYNECOMASTIA; HIRSUTISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPOPITUITARISM; NELSON SYNDROME; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RASH; RELAPSE; REMISSION; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 18044387578     PISSN: 08898529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecl.2005.01.007     Document Type: Review

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