Norman Dott, Gerard Guiot, and Jules Hardy: Key players in the resurrection and preservation of transsphenoidal surgery

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Patel, Smruti K ^b   Husain, Qasim ^c   Eloy, Jean Anderson ^a,b,c   Couldwell, William T ^d   Liu, James K ^a,b,c  

^a NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b New Jersey Medical School   (United States)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gerard Guiot; Harvey Cushing; Jules Hardy; Norman Dott; Pituitary tumor; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; SELLA TURCICA; SPHENOID;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NEUROSURGERY; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SELLA TURCICA; SPHENOID BONE;

EID: 84867300705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.6.FOCUS12125     Document Type: Article

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