Prevalence and incidence of pituitary adenomas

Annales d'Endocrinologie

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 79-80

  Karavitaki, Niki ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RESEARCH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; PREVALENCE; PROLACTINOMA; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWITZERLAND; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADENOMA; BELGIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FINLAND; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84860918916     PISSN: 00034266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ando.2012.03.039     Document Type: Article

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