Pineal germinoma presenting as central diabetes insipidus

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 693-696

  Dodek, Anton B ^a   Sadeghi Nejad, Ab ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; DESMOPRESSIN; ETOPOSIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; THYROXINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; NOCTURIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA;

EID: 0031739614     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289803701109     Document Type: Article

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