A spectrum of behaviour in silent corticotroph pituitary adenomas

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-42

  Baldeweg, S E ^a   Pollock, J R ^b   Powell, M ^b   Ahlquist, J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHEND HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; CUSHING DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MITOSIS RATE; NONFUNCTIONING ADENOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILENT CORTICOTROPH ADENOMA; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADENOMA; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 20444493134     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690500081230     Document Type: Article

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