MRI detection of suprasellar germinoma causing central diabetes insipidus

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 263-267

  Saeki, Naokatsu ^a   Uchida, Daigaku ^a   Tatsuno, Ichiro ^a   Saito, Yasushi ^a   Yamaura, Akira ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

DI; Diagnosis; Germinoma; MRI; Pituitary tumor

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; GERM CELL TUMOR; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIPLE CANCER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0033034723     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.46.263     Document Type: Article

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