Hypothalamic hamartoma with precocious puberty

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 249-252

  Shenoy, S N ^a   Raja, A ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Hamartoma; Hypothalamus; Precocious puberty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HAMARTOMA; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; CHILD; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE;

CHILD; CRANIOTOMY; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; MALE; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS;

EID: 13844320532     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000082302     Document Type: Article

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