Isolated histiocytosis X of the pituitary stalk

Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 277-280

  Asano, Tsutomu ^a   Goto, Yoshikazu ^a   Kida, Satoshi ^b   Ohno, Kikuo ^c   Hirakawa, Kimiyoshi ^c  

^a Saiyu Soka Hospital   (Japan)

^b DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Histiocytosis X; Low dose irradiation; MRI; Pituitary stalk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFUNDIBULUM; IRRADIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION DOSE;

ADULT; BIOPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY GLAND; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033498016     PISSN: 01509861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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