Pineal ganglioglioma with premature thelarche. Report of a case and review of the literature

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 103-106

  Chang, Yuh Lin ^a   Lin, Shinn Zong ^a   Chiang, Yung Hsiao ^a   Liu, Ming Ying ^a   Lee, We Hwa ^b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Ganglioglioma; Pineal tumor; Precocious puberty; Premature thelarche

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; GANGLIOGLIOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; PINEAL GLAND; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS;

EID: 0030044784     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00819507     Document Type: Article

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