Excess mortality in women with pituitary disease: A meta-analysis

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 693-697

  Nielsen, E H ^a   Lindholm, J ^a   Laurberg, P ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; MALE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 35448949530     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2007.02947.x     Document Type: Article

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