The prevalence of pituitary adenomas: A systematic review

Cancer

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 613-619

  Ezzat, Shereen ^a   Asa, Sylvia L ^b   Couldwell, William T ^c   Barr, Charles E ^d   Dodge, William E ^d   Vance, Mary Lee ^e   McCutcheon, Ian E ^f  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunochemistry; Macroadenomas; Microadenomas; Pituitary adenomas

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMAGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDLINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 3242786475     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20412     Document Type: Review

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