Outcomes of surgically treated giant pituitary tumours

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 446-457

  Cusimano, Michael D ^a   Kan, Peter ^a   Nassiri, Farshad ^a   Anderson, Jennifer ^b   Goguen, Jeannette ^a   Vanek, Irene ^b   Smyth, Harley S ^a   Fenton, Ronald ^b   Muller, Paul J ^a   Kovacs, Kalman ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINASAL ENDOSCOPIC TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CRANIOTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIANT PITUITARY TUMOR; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME; VISION;

EID: 84863314795     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100013950     Document Type: Article

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