Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhoea occurring six days after commencement of bromocriptine for invasive macroprolactinoma [5]

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 399-400

  Coleman, Peter G ^a   Hewage, U C L ^b   Kaye, A ^c  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b University of Sri Jayewardenepua   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LETTER; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; PROLACTINOMA;

EID: 0033921489     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2000.tb00847.x     Document Type: Letter

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