Gammaknife radiosurgery in patients with acromegaly

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1616-1620

  Erdur, Fatih M ^a   Kilic, Türker ^b   Peker, Selcuk ^c   Celik, Ozlem ^a   Kadioglu, Pinar ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c ACIBADEM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Gammaknife radiosurgery; Hypopituitarism

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; CABERGOLINE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LONG ACTING DRUG; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OCTREOTIDE; PROLACTIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR REGRESSION; VISUAL FIELD;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOSURGERY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 82155195854     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.03.023     Document Type: Article

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