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Radiosurgery for pituitary adenomas: evaluation of its efficacy and safety [PDF]

, 2010
Object To assess the effects of radiosurgery (RS) on the radiological and hormonal control and its toxicity in the treatment of pituitary adenomas. Methods Retrospective analysis of 42 patients out of the first 48 consecutive patients with pituitary ...
Douglas G Castro, Soraya AJ Cecílio, Miguel M Canteras   +2 more
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Human adrenocorticotropin-secreting pituitary adenomas show frequent loss of heterozygosity at the glucocorticoid receptor gene locus [PDF]

, 1998
Corticotropinomas are characterized by a relative resistance to the negative feedback action of cortisol on ACTH secretion. In this respect there is a similarity with the clinical syndrome of cortisol resistance.
Brinkmann, A.O. (Albert), Clayton, R.N. (Richard), Farrell, W.E. (William), Huizenga, N.A.T.M. (Nannette), Jong, F.H. (Frank) de, Koper, J.W. (Jan), Lamberts, S.W.J. (Steven), Lange, P. (Pieter) de, Lely, A-J. (Aart-Jan) van der   +8 more
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Controversial issues in the management of hyperprolactinemia and prolactinomas – An overview by the Neuroendocrinology Department of the Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Prolactinomas are the most common pituitary adenomas (approximately 40% of cases), and they represent an important cause of hypogonadism and infertility in both sexes.
Lucio Vilar, Julio Abucham, José Luciano Albuquerque, Luiz Antônio Araujo, Monalisa F. Azevedo, Cesar Luiz Boguszewski, Luiz Augusto Casulari, Malebranche B. C. Cunha Neto, Mauro A. Czepielewski, Felipe H. G. Duarte, Manuel dos S. Faria, Monica R. Gadelha, Heraldo M. Garmes, Andrea Glezer, Maria Helane Gurgel, Raquel S. Jallad, Manoel Martins, Paulo A. C. Miranda, Renan M. Montenegro, Nina R. C. Musolino, Luciana A. Naves, Antônio Ribeiro-Oliveira Júnior, Cíntia M. S. Silva, Camila Viecceli, Marcello D. Bronstein   +24 more
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Prolactinomas e gravidez.

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 1985
Os autores, após uma breve introdução teórica sobre a repercussão dos prolactinomas no eixo hipotálamo — hipófise — gónadas, nomeadamente no que respeita à esterilidade, falam da sua experiência no tratamento destas situações com a bromocriptina.
Manuela Carvalheiro, Isabel Fagulha, Margarida Moreira, Elizabete Geraldes, Francisco Carrilho, Margarida Bastos, Ana Fagulha, Isabel Paiva, Almeida Ruas   +8 more
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Mutations in the aryl hydrocarbon receptor interacting protein gene are not highly prevalent among subjects with sporadic pituitary adenomas. [PDF]

, 2007
CONTEXT: Limited screening suggests that three germline mutations in the aryl hydrocarbon receptor interacting protein (AIP) gene are not involved in sporadic pituitary tumorigenesis.
Barlier, Anne, Beckers, Albert, Bours, Vincent, Brue, Thierry, Cazabat, Laure, Daly, Adrian, Enjalbert, Alain, Jaffrain-Rea, Marie-Lise, Silvy, Monique, Tamagno, Gianluca, Trouillas, Jacqueline, Vanbellinghen, Jean-François   +11 more
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PTTG expression in different experimental and human prolactinomas in relation to dopaminergic control of lactotropes

Molecular Cancer, 2007
Background Pituitary tumor transforming gene (pttg) is a novel oncogene that is expressed at higher level in most of the tumors analyzed to date compared to normal tissues. Nevertheless, its expression in prolactinomas and its relation with the pituitary
Bronstein Marcello D, Giannella-Neto Daniel, Passos Vanessa Q, Perez-Millán María I, Goya Rodolfo G, Kakar Sham S, Díaz-Torga Graciela S, Cristina Carolina, Becu-Villalobos Damasia   +8 more
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Invasive Prolactinomas

Endocrinology Research and Practice
Prolactinomas can be classified into several categories. Pituitary adenomas are categorized as inva sive or noninvasive depending on their ability to cross the delineations established on the medial and lateral borders of the internal carotid arteries ...
Erdinç Ertürk
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Interferon-alpha-2a is a potent inhibitor of hormone secretion by cultured human pituitary adenomas [PDF]

, 1999
Interferon-alpha (IFN alpha) may exert direct inhibitory effects on cell proliferation and on the production of different peptide hormones. We investigated the effect of IFN alpha on hormone production by 15 GH-secreting ...
Herder, W.W. (Wouter) de, Hofland, L.J. (Leo), Koetsveld, P.M. (Peter) van, Lamberts, S.W.J. (Steven), Uitterlinden, P. (Piet), Waaijers, M. (Marlijn), Zuijderwijk, J. (Joke)   +6 more
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Evolución de pacientes operados de tumor de hipofisis en el servicio de neurocirugía del Hospital escuela Antonio Lenin Fonseca [PDF]

, 2016
Se realizó este estudio de Cohortes prospectivas en el servicio de Neurocirugía del Hospital Escuela Antonio Lenin Fonseca en el período comprendido del 9 de Febrero del 2015 al 12 de Enero del 2016 que trata sobre la evolución de 26 pacientes operados ...
González, Arlen, Hernández, Rolando
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Clomifeno não reverte o hipogonadismo na maioria dos homens com adenomas pituitários não funcionais tratados de forma convencional [PDF]

, 2011
OBJETIVE: To evaluate the effect of clomiphene in men with hypogonadism and conventionally treated nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFPA). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Open label, single-arm, prospective trial.
Abucham, Julio, Ribeiro, Rogerio Silicani   +1 more
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