Apoplexy of a pituitary macroadenoma as a severe complication of preoperative thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) testing

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 234-236

  Szabolcs, I ^a,f   Kesmarki N ^e   Bor, K ^b   Czirjak S ^c   Dohan O ^a   Slovik, F ^c   Goth M ^a   Kovacs L ^a   Ferencz, A ^d   Rimanoczy E ^d   Szilagyi G ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b Department of Radiology ^*  (Hungary)

^c Institute of Neurosurgery   (Hungary)

^d SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^e Nagykanizsa Hospital   (Hungary)

^f Division of Clinical Pharmacology   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Apoplexy; Pituitary tumor; TRH

Indexed keywords

PROTIRELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHROMOPHOBE ADENOMA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMITING;

EID: 8544224244     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1211758     Document Type: Article

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