Primary intrasellar mixed germ-cell tumor with precocious puberty and diabetes insipidus

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 42-46

  Cho, Der Yang ^a,b   Wang, Yeou Chih ^a   Ho, Willam Lin ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diabetes insipidus; Intrasellar; Mixed germ cell tumor; Precocious puberty

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; TESTOSTERONE; VASOPRESSIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; GERM CELL TUMOR; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VASOPRESSIN BLOOD LEVEL;

CHILD; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; PITUITARY FUNCTION TESTS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; SELLA TURCICA;

EID: 0031042406     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050038     Document Type: Article

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