Craniopharyngioma: A clinicopathological study of 141 cases

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 339-344

  Tavangar, Seyed Mohammad ^a   Larijani, Bagher ^b   Mahta, Ali ^a   Hosseini, Seyed Mehdi Abdolahzadeh ^a   Mehrazine, Masoud ^a   Bandarian, Fatemeh ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adamantinomatous; Clinicopathologic study; Craniopharyngioma; Papillary

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 13444310586     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/EP:15:4:339     Document Type: Article

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