Empty sella syndrome: Does it exist in children?

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 960-963

  Ammar, Ahmed ^a,b   Al Sultan, Ali ^a   Al Mulhim, Fatma ^a   Al Hassan, Abdulla Yousef ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b El Salam Hospital   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Children; Empty sella syndrome; Hydrocephalus; Intracranial pressure; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN ARACHNOID; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN HERNIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMPTY SELLA SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS FUNCTION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; OPTIC CHIASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SELLA TURCICA; SHORT STATURE;

EID: 0032751697     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.91.6.0960     Document Type: Article

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