Non-surgical management of cystic prolactinomas

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1421-1424

  Bahuleyan, Biji ^a   Menon, Girish ^a   Nair, Suresh ^a   Rao, B R M ^a   Easwer, H V ^a   Krishna, Kumar ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cystic; Dopamine agonist; Prolactinomas; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; CABERGOLINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTADENOMA; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTINOMA; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; BROMOCRIPTINE; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; ERGOLINES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GADOLINIUM; HORMONES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTINOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449533752     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.03.024     Document Type: Article

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