Chordoma presenting as pseudoprolactinoma

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 260-262

  Haridas, A ^a   Ansari, S ^a   Afshar, Fary ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chordoma; Pituitary adenoma; Pseudoprolactinoma

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; CABERGOLINE; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE CALCULATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTINOMA; TISSUE SECTION; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

EID: 0041409496     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0268869031000153198     Document Type: Article

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