A new prognostic clinicopathological classification of pituitary adenomas: A multicentric case-control study of 410 patients with 8 years post-operative follow-up

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 123-135

  Trouillas, Jacqueline ^a,b,c   Roy, Pascal ^a,b,d   Sturm, Nathalie ^e   Dantony, Emmanuelle ^a,b,d   Cortet Rudelli, Christine ^f,g   Viennet, Gabriel ⁱ   Bonneville, Jean François ⁱ   Assaker, Richard ^f,g   Auger, Carole ^a,c   Brue, Thierry ^j,k,l   Cornelius, Aurélie ^f,g   Dufour, Henry ^j,k   Jouanneau, Emmanuel ^a,b,c   François, Patrick ^m   Galland, Françoise ^n,o   Mougel, François ⁱ   Chapuis, François ^a,b   Villeneuve, Laurent ^a,b   Maurage, Claude Alain ^f,g,h   Figarella Branger, Dominique ^j,k   Raverot, Gérald ^a,b,c   more..

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^c LYON NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉTRIE ET BIOLOGIE EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^e GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f UNIV LILLE   (France)

^g LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^h JEAN PIERRE AUBERT RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

^j AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^k TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^l CNRS   (France)

^m CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

ⁿ UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^o SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

more..

Author keywords

Classification; Pituitary adenoma; Pituitary tumour

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN P53; THYROTROPIN;

ACTH SECRETING ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SIZE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING ADENOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MITOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; PROLACTINOMA; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPHENOID SINUS; TUMOR INVASION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879606972     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: 14320533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-013-1084-y     Document Type: Article

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