Gamma knife radiosurgery for growth hormone-producing adenomas

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 299-304

  Iwai, Yoshiyasu ^a   Yamanaka, Kazuhiro ^a   Yoshimura, Masaki ^a   Kawasaki, Isao ^a   Yamagami, Keiko ^a   Yoshioka, Katsunobu ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Growth hormone; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCTREOTIDE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75349092707     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.05.040     Document Type: Article

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