Idiopathic pinealitis: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 330-334

  Nikas, Demetrios C ^a   De Girolami, Umberto ^b   Zamani, Amir A ^b   Pinkus, Geraldine S ^b   Bello, Lorenzo ^b   Kirsch, Matthias ^b   Black, Peter Mc L ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Idiopathic pinealitis; Pineal gland; Pineal inflammation

Indexed keywords

PEROXIDASE; TUMOR ANTIGEN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; FALLING; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC LOBE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032742471     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.91.2.0330     Document Type: Article

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