A survey of pituitary incidentaloma in Japan
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A survey of pituitary incidentaloma in Japan.
OBJECTIVE The development of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has resulted in the discovery of unsuspected endocrinologically silent pituitary masses (pituitary incidentalomas). The aim of this study was to perform a national survey on pituitary incidentalomas in order to establish an appropriate approach to them. DESIGN AND METHODS Five hundred and six patients w...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Endocrinology
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0804-4643,1479-683X
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1490123