Pituitary stalk tuberculoma

Pituitary

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 155-162

  Stalldecker, Graciela ^a   Diez, Sabrina ^a   Carabelli, Alejandra ^a   Reynoso, Roxana ^b   Rey, Raul ^c   Hofmann, Nestor ^c   Bersñak, Alejandro ^d  

^a Hospital Pirovano   (Argentina)

^b Laboratorio de Analisis Clinicos   (Argentina)

^c Pneumotisiology Unit   (Argentina)

^d Investigaciones Medicas Imaging Ctr   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amenorrhea; Diabetes insipidus; Stalk granuloma; Thickened stalk; Tuberculoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DESMOPRESSIN; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIOLOGY; CASE REPORT; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INFUNDIBULUM; MENINGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY GLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 0038475946     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023304930479     Document Type: Review

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