Macroprolactin and the Pituitary Society guidelines for the diagnosis and management of prolactinomas [2]

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 638-639

  Fahie Wilson, Michael N ^a   McKenna, Terence Joseph ^b   Ahlquist, James A ^a   Smith, Thomas P ^b  

^a SOUTHEND HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROGOL; PROLACTIN;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FERTILITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; IMMUNOASSAY; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTINOMA; SCREENING TEST;

GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROLACTIN; PROLACTINOMA;

EID: 34548678892     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2007.02940.x     Document Type: Letter

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