Giant prolactinomas in women.

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摘要 OBJECTIVE:Tocharacterisedistinctiveclinicalfeaturesofgiantprolactinomasinwomen.DESIGN:Amulticentre,retrospectivecaseseriesandliteraturereview.METHODS:Wecollecteddatafrom15femalepatientswithapituitaryturnoutlargerthan4cmandprolactinlevelsabove1000μg/landidentified19similarcasesfromtheliterature;agender-basedcomparisonofthefrequencyandagedistributionwasobtainedfromaliteraturereview.RESULTS:TheinitialPubMedsearchusingthetermgiantprolactinomas'identified125patients(13women)respondingtotheinclusioncriteria.Thefemale:maleratiowas1:9.Anothersixfemalepatientswerefoundbyextendingtheliteraturesearch,whileourownseriesadded15patients.Themedianageatdiagnosiswas44yearsin
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出处 《中国神经肿瘤杂志》 2013年4期
出版日期 2013年04月14日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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