Keep an eye on nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 656-657

  Giustina, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; NEURORADIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NONFUNCTIONING PITUITARY ADENOMA; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84867245085     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2012.04499.x     Document Type: Note

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