Rathke's cleft cyst as a cause of growth hormone deficiency and micropenis

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 271-273

  Setian, Nuvarte ^a   Aguiar, Claudia Helena ^a   Galvão, José Antonio ^a   Crivellaro, Carlo Enrico ^a   Dichtchekenian, Vaê ^a   Damiani, Durval ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

GH deficiency; Hypogonadotropinism; Hypopituitarism; Micropenis; Rathke's cleft cyst

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN AGONIST; GROWTH HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; MALE; MICROPENIS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT STATURE;

EID: 0033012597     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050391     Document Type: Article

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