Low incidence of adrenal insufficiency after transsphenoidal surgery in patients with acromegaly: A long-term follow-up study

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Burgers, Anne Marij G ^a   Kokshoorn, Nieke E ^a   Pereira, Alberto M ^a   Roelfsema, Ferdinand ^a   Smit, Johannes W A ^a   Biermasz, Nienke R ^a   Romijn, Johannes A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; METYRAPONE; NEUTRAL INSULIN; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ACROMEGALY; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING ADENOMA; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960104625     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2010-2673     Document Type: Article

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