Acromegaly surgery in Manchester revisited - The impact of reducing surgeon numbers and the 2010 consensus guidelines for disease remission

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 399-406

  Wang, Yi Yuen ^a   Higham, Claire ^a   Kearney, Tara ^a   Davis, Julian R E ^b   Trainer, Peter ^c   Gnanalingham, Kanna K ^a  

^a SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROADENOMA; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SURGEON; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADULT; CONSENSUS; ENDOSCOPY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GROWTH HORMONE-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PITUITARY GLAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REMISSION INDUCTION; SPHENOID BONE;

EID: 84863011100     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2011.04193.x     Document Type: Article

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