Journal article
Efficacy and Complications of Pituitary Irradiation
- Abstract:
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Radiation therapy is widely used in the management of intracranial (including sellar and parasellar) and systemic disorders. Although in many cases the irradiation aims to prevent the growth or regrowth and to control the hormonal hypersecretion of a pituitary tumor, in many others it adversely affects the hypothalamo-pituitary function simply because this area receives significant doses of radiation delivered for non-hypothalamo-pituitary disorders. The main long-term complications include h...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Elsevier Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America Journal website
- Volume:
- 44
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 117–126
- Publication date:
- 2015-03-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1558-4410
- ISSN:
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0889-8529
- Source identifiers:
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502840
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- Language:
- English
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- Local pid:
- pubs:502840
- Deposit date:
- 2015-01-16
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- Elsevier Inc
- Copyright date:
- 2015
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