hCG-secreting pineal teratoma causing precocious puberty: Report of two patients and review of the literature

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1195-1201

  Nogueira, Katia ^a   Liberman, Bernardo ^a   Rodrigues Pimentel Filho, Fernando ^a   Goldman, Jaime ^a   Silva, Maria Elizabeth Rossi ^a   Vieira, Joaquim Oliveira ^a   Buratini, Jose Augusto ^a   Cukiert, Arthur ^a  

^a HOSPITAL BRIGADEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Precocious puberty; Teratoma; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CARBOPLATIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; ETOPOSIDE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; CHORIOCARCINOMA; DISEASE MARKER; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MALIGNANT TERATOMA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIATION NECROSIS;

EID: 0036395956     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2002.15.8.1195     Document Type: Article

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