Symptomatic Rathke's cleft cysts: A report of 24 cases

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 943-948

  Cohan, P ^a,b   Foulad, A ^a,b   Esposito, F ^a,b   Martin, N A ^a   Kelly, D F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine recovery; Rathke's cleft cysts; Surgical outcome; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; GALACTORRHEA; HEADACHE; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; RATHKE CLEFT CYST; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYMPTOM; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 12344330774     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03347537     Document Type: Article

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