Endoscopic transsphenoidal treatment of hormonally active pituitary adenomas

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 438-444

  Rudnik, Adam ^a   Kos Kudła, Beata ^a   Larysz, Dawid ^a   Zawadzki, Tomasz ^a   Bazowski, Piotr ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Complications; Effectiveness; Endoscopic transsphenoidal approach; Hormonally active pituitary adenoma

Indexed keywords

ACTH SECRETING ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING DISEASE; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING ADENOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPITUITARISM; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROLACTINOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

EID: 35348862560     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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