Section 4. Pituitary: Gamma knife radiosurgery for pituitary adenoma

Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages 178-181

  Shin, Masahiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gamma knife; Pituitary adenoma; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE;

CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GROWTH REGULATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROLACTINOMA; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

HUMANS; PROLACTINOMA; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 1842854297     PISSN: 07533322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0753-3322(02)00212-3     Document Type: Short Survey

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