Usefulness of gallium-67 scintigraphy in neurohypophyseal germinoma

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 655-660

  Abe, Takumi ^a   Tanioka, D ^a   Izumiyama, H ^a   Matsumoto, K ^a   Shinozuka, A ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gallium 67 scintigraphy; Germinoma; Neurohypophysis; Sella turcica

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; GALLIUM 67; GALLIUM CITRATE GA 67;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCINTIGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE NEOPLASMS; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND, POSTERIOR; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 0034040918     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010070109     Document Type: Article

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