Conservative management of pituitary macroadenoma contacting the optic apparatus

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 837-842

  A Ryu, Won Hyung ^a   Tam, Samantha ^b   Rotenberg, Brian ^a   Labib, Mohamed Ahmed ^a   Lee, Donald ^a   Nicolle, David A ^a   Uum, Stan Van ^a   Duggal, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LIOTHYRONINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NONFUNCTIONING PITUITARY MACROADENOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 79952943489     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0317167100051532     Document Type: Article

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