A century of pituitary surgery: Schloffer's legacy

Neurosurgery

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 865-867

  Lindholm, Jörgen ^a,b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

History of medicine; Pituitary neoplasms; Pituitary surgery

Indexed keywords

ACROMEGALY; EYE DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MENINGITIS; NEUROSURGERY; PNEUMOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOMA; AUSTRIA; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NEUROSURGERY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PORTRAITS AS TOPIC;

EID: 35948979276     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000298916.09377.05     Document Type: Review

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