[PDF][PDF] Gender-related differences in non-functioning pituitary adenomas
B Schaller - Neuroendocrinology Letters, 2003 - researchgate.net
OBJECTIVES: Clinically non-functioning pituitary adenomas are common tumors of the
pituitary gland. No studies have yet documented gender-related differences in the growth
and presentation of these tumors and nothing is known about their effects on their
subsequent surgical outcome and prognosis. SETTING AND DESIGN: Twenty-eight patients
with non-functioning pituitary adenoma, that met strict inclusion criteria, and that underwent
surgical treatment between January 1990 and June 1997, were retrospectively reviewed …
pituitary gland. No studies have yet documented gender-related differences in the growth
and presentation of these tumors and nothing is known about their effects on their
subsequent surgical outcome and prognosis. SETTING AND DESIGN: Twenty-eight patients
with non-functioning pituitary adenoma, that met strict inclusion criteria, and that underwent
surgical treatment between January 1990 and June 1997, were retrospectively reviewed …