Rathke's cleft cyst: A clinical and radiographic review

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-40

  Cervoni, Luigi ^a,e   Artico, M ^b   Salvati, M ^c   Carloia, S ^d  

^a IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Chimica Organica   (Italy)

^c Cattedra di Neurotraumatologia   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Pituitary cyst; Rathke's cleft cyst

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; SELLA TURCICA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY DISEASES; SELLA TURCICA; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031062637     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02106229     Document Type: Review

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