Modification of hormonal secretion in clinically silent pituitary adenomas

Pituitary

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-86

  Daems, Tania ^a   Verhelst, Johan ^b   Michotte, Alex ^c   Abrams, Pascale ^a   Ridder, Dirk ^a   Abs, Roger ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b MIDDELHEIM HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Immunohistochemistry; Non functioning pituitary adenoma; Silent pituitary adenoma; Thyrotroph adenoma

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CABERGOLINE; CHROMOGRANIN A; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; OCTREOTIDE; PEGVISOMANT; SOMATOMEDIN C; SOMATOSTATIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING ADENOMA; HEADACHE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPOTENCE; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; LIBIDO DISORDER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILENT PITUITARY ADENOMA; SWEATING; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN SECRETING ADENOMA; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR GROWTH;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 59149094380     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-008-0085-7     Document Type: Article

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