Silent somatotroph adenoma of the pituitary in an adolescent

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 123-125

  Mohammed, Safraz ^a,b   Syro, Luis ^c   Abad, Verónica ^c   Salehi, Fateme ^a,b   Horvath, Eva ^a   Scheithauer, Bernd W ^d   Kovacs, Kalman ^a,b   Cusimano, Michael ^a,b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL PABLO TOBÓN URIBE   (Colombia)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PENTETREOTIDE; SOMATOMEDIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING ADENOMA; HEMIANOPIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPITUITARISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

EID: 61349202193     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100006466     Document Type: Article

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