Surgical treatment of craniopharyngiomas: Endocrinological results

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 251-257

  Honegger, Jürgen ^a   Buchfelder, Michael ^a   Fahlbusch, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Craniopharyngioma; Diabetes insipidus; Hypopituitarism; Pituitary stalk; Surgical approach

Indexed keywords

RELEFACT; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOPITUITARISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032929464     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.90.2.0251     Document Type: Article

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