Clinical analysis of 103 elderly patients with pituitary adenomas: Transsphenoidal surgery and follow-up

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1091-1095

  Hong, Jingfang ^a   Ding, Xuehua ^a   Lu, Yicheng ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Elderly; Pituitary adenomas; Radiotherapy; Trans sphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPITUITARISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELLA TURCICA; SPHENOID SINUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 50249113754     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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