'Spontaneous' reduction of tonsillar herniation in acromegaly: A case report

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 396-399

  Agostinis, Cristina ^a   Caverni, Lionello ^a   Montini, Marcella ^a   Pagani, Giorgio ^a   Bonaldi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; OCTREOTIDE;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; HERNIA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REMISSION;

ACROMEGALY; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN; BROMOCRIPTINE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HORMONES; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OCTREOTIDE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0034109166     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(00)00179-8     Document Type: Article

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