Does hypopituitarism due to neurohypophyseal germinoma recover after chemotherapy?

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Tamura, Tetsuro ^a   Tanaka, Ryuichi ^a   Morii, Ken ^a   Okazaki, Hideko ^a   Kawasaki, Takuya ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Germinoma; Hypopituitarism

Indexed keywords

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOPITUITARISM; PROVOCATION TEST; RADIATION ABSORPTION; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINE VOLUME; WATER DEPRIVATION;

EID: 0033021593     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.46.suppl_s109     Document Type: Conference Paper

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