Etiology of an Unusual Visual Field Deficit Associated with a Craniopharyngioma: Case Report

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 211, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 256-262

  Huang, Paul P ^a   Constantini, Shlomo ^a   Wisoff, Jeffrey H ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cerebral artery; Craniopharyngioma; Visual fields

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; OPTIC TRACT; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 0030926695     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: 14230267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000310802     Document Type: Article

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