Higher prevalence of clinically relevant pituitary adenomas confirmed

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 290-291

  Beckers, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CUSHING DISEASE; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING ADENOMA; HEALTH CARE; HEREDITY; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTINOMA;

ADENOMA; BELGIUM; ENGLAND; HUMANS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 76649138026     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2009.03726.x     Document Type: Note

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