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Pituitary Tumours: Problems and Questions

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Neuroendocrinological Aspects of Neurosurgery

Part of the book series: Acta Neurochirurgica ((NEUROCHIRURGICA,volume 47))

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Abstract

There have been many advances in the understanding and treatment of pituitary tumours in the last two decades. The basic scientific and clinical literature is now extensive and excellent reviews can be found in textbooks and journals. Despite this, important problems remain unresolved. This paper presents a personal viewpoint of these problems and seeks to identify some of the questions that neurosurgical research workers might aim to answer. These concern the methods of diagnosis of pituitary tumours and the assessment of their effects, their natural history, the indications for treatment and the advantages of different methods of management, how the results of treatment are assessed and how they may be improved.

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  1. University Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, G51 4TF, UK

    G. M. Teasdale

  2. University Department of Pathology, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK

    A. M. McNicol

  3. University Department of Medicine, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK

    J. A. Thomson

  4. Department of Medicine, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, UK

    D. L. Davies

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  1. Wessex Neurological Centre, Southampton General Hospital, Shirley, Southampton, UK

    John D. Pickard

  2. Neurochirurgie, Hôpital Pellegrin, Bordeaux, France

    François Cohadon

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Lisbon, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal

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Teasdale, G.M., McNicol, A.M., Thomson, J.A., Davies, D.L. (1990). Pituitary Tumours: Problems and Questions. In: Pickard, J.D., Cohadon, F., Antunes, J.L. (eds) Neuroendocrinological Aspects of Neurosurgery. Acta Neurochirurgica, vol 47. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-9062-3_7

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