Increased psychopathology and maladaptive personality traits, but normal cognitive functioning, in patients after long-term cure of acromegaly

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Tiemensma, Jitske ^a   Biermasz, Nienke R ^a   Van Der Mast, Roos C ^a   Wassenaar, Moniek J E ^a   Middelkoop, Huub A M ^a   Pereira, Alberto M ^a   Romijn, Johannes A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; PEGVISOMANT; SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NONFUNCTIONING PITUITARY MACROADENOMA; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

EID: 78650067888     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2010-1253     Document Type: Article

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