Gonadotrophin-independent puberty in a boy with a β-HCG-secreting brain tumour

Hormone Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 44-48

  Marx, M ^a   Beck, J D ^a   Grabenbauer, G G ^b   Fahlbusch, R ^b   Dörr, Helmuth G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Choriocarcinoma; CNS; Germ cell tumours; Gonadotrophin independent puberty; Growth hormone deficiency; Human chorionic gonadotrophin

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; IFOSFAMIDE; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOLLOW UP; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SHORT STATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034485012     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000053229     Document Type: Article

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