Craniopharyngioma and Bardet-Biedl syndrome: A case report

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 501-503

  Erel, Cemal Tamer ^a,b   Oral, Engin ^a   Senturk, Levent M ^a   Aksu, M Feridun ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Kasaneler Sk Nigarhanim Apartments   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bardet Biedl syndrome; Craniopharyngioma; Hypogonadism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARDET BIEDL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMARY AMENORRHEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

ADOLESCENT; AMENORRHEA; BARDET-BIEDL SYNDROME; BODY MASS INDEX; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035001677     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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