Diagnosis and minimally invasive surgery for the pituitary abscess: A review of twenty nine cases

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 957-961

  Zhang, Xiaoluo ^a   Sun, Jie ^a   Shen, Ming ^a   Shou, Xuefei ^a   Qiu, Huijia ^a   Qiao, Nidan ^a   Zhang, Nan ^a   Li, Shiqi ^a   Wang, Yongfei ^a   Zhao, Yao ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Pituitary abscess; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ABSCESS; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

EID: 84864290616     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.02.020     Document Type: Article

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