Pituitary apoplexy: Do histological features influence the clinical presentation and outcome?

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 931-937

  Semple, Patrick L ^b   De Villiers, Jacques C ^b   Bowen, Robert M ^b   Lopes, M Beatriz S ^b   Laws Jr , Edward R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hemorrhage; Histopathological study; Infarction; Outcome; Pituitary apoplexy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING DISORDER; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADENOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFARCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY APOPLEXY; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744723803     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.104.6.931     Document Type: Article

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