Intrasellar pituitary gangliocyto-adenoma presenting with acromegaly: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 611-615

  Morikawa, Masashi ^a   Tamaki, Norihiko ^a   Kokunai, Takashi ^a,b   Imai, Yukihiro ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b 7 5 2 Kusunoki cho ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Gangliocytoma; Growth hormone; Growth hormone releasing hormone; Pituitary adenoma

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GANGLIONEUROMA; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACROMEGALY; FEMALE; GANGLIONEUROMA; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PARANEOPLASTIC ENDOCRINE SYNDROMES; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031038283     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199703000-00036     Document Type: Article

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