Intrasellar pressure and tumor volume in pituitary tumor: Relation study

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 971-975

  Gondim, Jackson A ^a,d   Tella Jr , Osvaldo I ^b   Schops, Michele ^c  

^a General Hospital of Fortaleza   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endonasal approach; Intrasellar pressure; Pituitary adenoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SELLA TURCICA; TRANSDUCER; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 33846301735     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2006000600016     Document Type: Article

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