What is the natural history of nonoperated nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas?

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 938-943

  Karavitaki, N ^a   Collison, K ^a   Halliday, J ^a   Byrne, J V ^b   Price, P ^c   Cudlip, S ^b   Wass, J A H ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c GREAT WESTERN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR SCINTISCANNING; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WATCHFUL WAITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 36248931440     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2007.02990.x     Document Type: Article

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