Pituitary adenomas: Presentations and outcomes in a South Asian country

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 198-203

  Shamim, Muhammad Shahzad ^a   Bari, Muhammad Ehsan ^a   Khursheed, Faraz ^a   Jooma, Rashid ^a   Enam, Syed Ather ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; CANCER SURGERY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45149124364     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100008635     Document Type: Article

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