Secondary amenorrhea due to hydrocephalus treated with endoscopic ventriculocisternostomy: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1148-1152

  Lowry, David W ^a   Lowry, Donna L B ^a   Berga, Sarah L ^a   Adelson, P David ^a,b   Roberts, Michelle M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

amenorrhea; hydrocephalus; luteinizing hormone; luteinizing hormone pulse analysis; ventriculocisternostomy; ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; LEVOTHYROXINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY AMENORRHEA;

EID: 0029856776     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.85.6.1148     Document Type: Article

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