Cognitive functioning in patients treated for nonfunctioning pituitary macroadenoma and the effects of pituitary radiotherapy

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 481-487

  Brummelman, Pauline ^a   Elderson, Martin F ^a   Dullaart, Robin P F ^a   Van Den Bergh, Alfons C M ^a   Timmer, Cees A ^b,c   Van Den Berg, Gerrit ^a   Koerts, Janneke ^d   Tucha, Oliver ^d   Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H R ^a   Van Beek, André P ^a  

^a Department of Endocrinology ^*  (Netherlands)

^b University Center for Geriatric Medicine   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESMOPRESSIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GROWTH HORMONE; HORMONE; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONFUNCTIONING PITUITARY ADENOMA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIAL STATUS; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADENOMA; AGED; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79952131781     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2010.03947.x     Document Type: Article

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