The pattern of visual impairment in patients with pituitary adenoma

Journal of International Medical Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1064-1069

  Wang, Hanbin ^a   Sun, Wei ^b   Fu, Zhuang ^c   Si, Zhichao ^a   Zhu, Yufang ^a   Zhai, Guode ^a   Zhao, Guangyu ^a   Xu, Shangchen ^a   Pang, Qi ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Beijing Institute of Science and Technology Intelligence   (China)

^c Beijing Jishuitan Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Five grade notation; Pituitary adenoma; Suprasellar extension; Trans sphenoidal hypophysectomy; Vision impairment; Visual acuity; Visual field defects

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; PROLACTIN;

ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINX; NEUROPATHOLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; MALE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 54449087533     PISSN: 03000605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147323000803600525     Document Type: Article

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