Characteristics of adult patients with growth hormone deficiency who underwent neurosurgery for functioning and non-functioning pituitary adenomas and craniopharyngiomas

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 157-161

  Baldelli, R ^a,e   Bianchi, A ^b   Diacono, F ^a   Passeri, M ^c   Fusco, A ^d   Valle, D ^b   Poggi, M ^a   Terlini, M ^c   Toscano, V ^a   Tamburrano, G ^a   Pontecorvi, A ^b   Maira, G ^b   De Marinis, L ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c S EUGENIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Craniopharyngiomas; GH deficiency; Neurosurgery; Pituitary tumors

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; THYROTROPIN; VASOPRESSIN; ARGININE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CUSHING DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; ADENOMA; BLOOD; CUSHING SYNDROME; DRUG COMBINATION; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SECRETION;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARGININE; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CUSHING SYNDROME; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 20444496945     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03345359     Document Type: Article

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