Manifestation, management and outcome of subclinical pituitary adenoma apoplexy

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1273-1275

  Zhang, Fenglin ^a   Chen, Juxiang ^a   Lu, Yicheng ^a   Ding, Xuehua ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Pituitary adenoma; Pituitary apoplexy; Subclinical pituitary adenoma apoplexy; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTINOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBCLINICAL PITUITARY ADENOMA APOPLEXY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY APOPLEXY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68949160864     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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