Visual failure caused by suprasellar extramedullary hematopoiesis in beta thalassemia: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 922-926

  Aarabi, Bizhan ^a   Haghshenas, Mansur ^b   Rakeii, Vahid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Extramedullary hematopoiesis; Sella; Thalassemia; Tumors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; ECTOPIC TISSUE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; SELLA TURCICA; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BONE DISEASES; BONE MARROW; CHORISTOMA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEMATOPOIESIS, EXTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; OPTIC NERVE; SELLA TURCICA; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0031958908     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199804000-00134     Document Type: Article

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