The clinical and endocrine outcome to trans‐sphenoidal microsurgery of nonsecreting pituitary adenomas

R Comtois, H Beauregard, M Somma, O Serri… - Cancer, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
From 1962 to 1987, 126 patients underwent trans‐sphenoidal surgery for primary treatment
of pituitary adenomas unassociated with clinical or biochemical evidence of hormonal …

Surgical management of giant pituitary adenomas

G Mohr, J Hardy, R Comtois… - Canadian Journal of …, 1990 - cambridge.org
During the past 25 years, 77 giant pituitary adenomas have been treated surgically,
including suprasellar extensions of type C in 66 cases and of type D in 11 cases. Non-secreting …

High prolactin levels may be missed by immunoradiometric assay in patients with macroprolactinomas

E St‐Jean, F Blain, R Comtois - Clinical Endocrinology, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVE Large amounts of antigen may produce falsely low values in immunoradiometric
assays due to the so‐called high dose, hook effect. The study was designed to identify the …

Surgical outcome after repeated transsphenoidal surgery in acromegaly

H Long, H Beauregard, M Somma, R Comtois… - Journal of …, 1996 - thejns.org
✓ Transsphenoidal selective adenomectomy is the most efficient primary treatment for
acromegaly. However, management of persistent or recurrent disease remains controversial. The …

Phage-typing and antibiotic-resistance of staphylococci isolated in a general hospital

ET Bynoe, RH Elder, RD Comtois - Canadian journal of …, 1956 - cdnsciencepub.com
Staphylococcus aureus isolated from various sources in a hospital, from March, 1953, to
March, 1954, were phage-typed and tested for sensitivity to seven antibiotics. Of the dressings …

Acromegaly: biochemical assessment of cure after long term follow-up of transsphenoidal selective adenomectomy

O SERRI, M SOMMA, R COMTOIS… - The Journal of …, 1985 - academic.oup.com
This study reports the clinical and biological follow-up 5-11 yr after transsphenoidal selective
adenomectomyin 25 patients with acromegaly. Eight patients had microadenomas,and 17 …

Immunoradiometric assays may miss high prolactin levels

R Comtois, F Robert, J Hardy - Annals of internal medicine, 1993 - acpjournals.org
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Table of Contents for location) signed by all authors, and a covering letter describing any …

[PDF][PDF] Assessment of the efficacy of iodine-131 for thyroid ablation

R Comtois, C Thériault… - Journal of Nuclear …, 1993 - Soc Nuclear Med
RESULTS Figure 1 illustrates the treatment and outcome of the patients in a flow diagram.
Forty-four patients were treated to ablate cervical residual functional thyroid tissue. Of these, …

Outcome of hypothyroidism caused by Hashimoto's thyroiditis

R Comtois, L Faucher, L Laflèche - Archives of internal medicine, 1995 - jamanetwork.com
Background: Hypothyroidism is a common condition that is frequently irreversible and requires
lifelong thyroid replacement therapy. Objective: To assess the incidence and factors that …

An inventory of abandoned mining exploration sites in Nunavik, Canada1

…, N Bernard, R Comtois - Canadian Geographer/Le …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
This article presents, for the first time in the literature, an inventory of abandoned mining
exploration sites in Nunavik, namely the sites containing materials representing a danger to the …