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Regional cerebral blood flow studies in patients with pituitary tumours

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Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was measured in seven patients with pituitary tumours, in one patient with a craniopharyngioma, and in one patient with an empty sella; rCB was increased only in patients with gonadotrophin deficiency. The preliminary conclusion is that this is perhaps related to the pituitary tumour itself, and in particular to the endocrine state.

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  1. H. J. Gelmers

    Present address: Department of Neurosurgery, State University, Groningen, The Netherlands

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, State University, Groningen, The Netherlands

    J. W. F. Beks

  2. Department of Endocrinology, State University, Groningen, The Netherlands

    H. Doorenbos

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Gelmers, H.J., Beks, J.W.F. & Doorenbos, H. Regional cerebral blood flow studies in patients with pituitary tumours. Acta neurochir 51, 87–90 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01401798

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