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ea0049ep960 | Pituitary - Clinical | ECE2017

Prevalence and Incidence of pituitary tumors: a nation-wide Population-based study using Korean National Health Insurance claims data

Park Kyeonghye , Choi Junggyu , Park Se Hee , Nam Joo Young , Song Sun Ok , Song Young Duk , Lee Eun Jig

Purpose: We conducted this study to determine the prevalence and incidence of pituitary tumors in South Korea.Methods: This is a nationwide population- based retrospective study. We analysed two national databases, the Korean National Health Insurance (NHI) claims database and Rare Intractable Disease (RID) registration database, which include information on every patients with pituitary tumor diagnosed through uniform criteria from 2009 to 2013. Pituita...