Preoperative identification of clearly separated double pituitary adenomas

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 26-30

  Kim, Kyongsong ^a,b,d   Yamada, Shozo ^a   Usui, Masaaki ^a   Sano, Toshiaki ^c  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^d NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT;

EID: 3242732849     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2004.02055.x     Document Type: Article

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