Treatment of acromegaly: Is there still a place for radiotherapy?

Pituitary

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-59

  Jallad, Raquel S ^a   Musolino, Nina R ^a   Salgado, Luiz R ^a   Bronstein, Marcello D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Pituitary; Pituitary tumors; Radiosurgery; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; CABERGOLINE; GROWTH HORMONE; OCTREOTIDE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACROMEGALY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR REGRESSION; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ACROMEGALY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34147142368     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-007-0002-5     Document Type: Article

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