Endoscopic endonasal cavernous sinus surgery, with special reference to pituitary adenomas

Frontiers of Hormone Research

Volumn 34, Issue , 2006, Pages 64-82

  Frank, Giorgio ^a   Pasquini, Ernesto ^a  

^a BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; PROLACTIN;

ACROMEGALY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECRETION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACROMEGALY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAVERNOUS SINUS; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROLACTIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644611190     PISSN: 03013073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000091573     Document Type: Article

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