Gamma knife radiosurgery for medically and surgically refractory prolactinomas

Neurosurgery

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 255-264

  Pouratian, Nader ^a   Sheehan, Jason ^a,b   Jagannathan, Jay ^a   Laws, Edward R ^a   Steiner, Ladislau ^a   Vance, Mary L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine; Gamma knife; Pituitary adenoma; Prolactinoma; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PROLACTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COURSE EVALUATION; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTINOMA; REMISSION; SAMPLE SIZE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT SELECTION; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROLACTIN; PROLACTINOMA; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOSURGERY; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748325772     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000223445.22938.BD     Document Type: Article

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