Expansion and shrinkage of central nervous system tumor coinciding with human growth hormone therapy: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1243-1246

  Connors, Matthew H ^a,b   Boggan, James E ^a   Chong, Brian ^a   Kollipara, Sobha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Growth; Growth hormone; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tumor growth

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; LEVODOPA; TESTOSTERONE ENANTATE;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

ASTROCYTOMA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RADIOTHERAPY; RETREATMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029948316     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199612000-00037     Document Type: Article

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