Rapid enlargement of a residual craniopharyngioma during short-term growth hormone replacement

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 164-165

  Niu, Dau Ming ^a   Guo, Wan Yuo ^a   Pan, Hung Chi ^a   Wong, Tai Tong ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Craniopharyngioma; Growth hormone; Rapid growth

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DRUG SAFETY; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VOMITING;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; GROWTH DISORDERS; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOSURGERY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036555993     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-001-0552-1     Document Type: Article

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