Acromegaly without imaging evidence of pituitary adenoma

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4192-4196

  Lonser, Russell R ^a   Kindzelski, Bogdan A ^a   Mehta, Gautam U ^a   Jane Jr , John A ^b   Oldfield, Edward H ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING ADENOMA; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADENOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GROWTH HORMONE-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 77956566544     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2010-0570     Document Type: Article

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