Precocious puberty due to an intramedullar spinal cord germinoma;Puberte precoce secondaire a un germinome intramedullaire

Archives de Pediatrie

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 46-49

  De Monleon J V ^a   Simonin, G ^a   Pincemaille, O ^b   Buttin, C ^a   Sarles, J ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Hopital de Bastia   (France)

Author keywords

Child; Germinoma; Gonadotropins, chorionic; Puberty, precocious; Spinal cord neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHEMISTRY; PUNCTURE;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0032921970     PISSN: 0929693X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-693X(99)80073-6     Document Type: Article

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