Clival pituitary adenoma with acromegaly: Case report and review of literature

Skull Base

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 265-268

  Bhatoe, Harjinder S ^a   Kotwal, Narendra ^a   Badwal, Sonia ^a  

^a ARMY HOSPITAL RESEARCH AND REFERRAL   (India)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Clivus; Pituitary tumor

Indexed keywords

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLIVUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING ADENOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

EID: 34548613158     PISSN: 15315010     EISSN: 15320065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-985195     Document Type: Article

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