Diagnosis and management of pituitary abscess: Experiences from 33 cases

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-88

  Liu, Fuyi ^a   Li, Guilin ^b   Yao, Yong ^b   Yang, Yi ^b   Ma, Wenbin ^b   Li, Yongning ^b   Chen, Gao ^a   Wang, Renzhi ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; DESMOPRESSIN ACETATE; HYDROCORTISONE; LEVOTHYROXINE; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ABSCESS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CRANIOTOMY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOPHYSIS ABSCESS; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOPITUITARISM; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650369778     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2010.03890.x     Document Type: Article

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