Non-functioning pituitary adenomas: A single center experience

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 314-319

  Anagnostis, P ^a   Adamidou, F ^a   Polyzos, S A ^a   Efstathiadou, Z ^a   Panagiotou, A ^a   Kita, M ^a  

^a Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

Author keywords

hypopituitarism; non functioning pituitary adenomas; pituitary incidentaloma; transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, ENDOCRINE; ENDOCRINE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955912258     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: 14393646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1267991     Document Type: Article

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