Perioperative dexamethasone treatment in childhood craniopharyngioma - Influence on short-term and long-term weight gain

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 330-334

  Müller, Hermann L ^a   Heinrich, M ^b   Bueb, K ^b   Etavard Gorris, N ^a   Gebhardt, U ^a   Kolb, R ^a   Sorensen N ^b  

^a KLINIKUM OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Craniopharyngioma; Dexamethasone; Hypopituitarism; Intracranial tumors

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CHILD; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 17544403481     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-42722     Document Type: Article

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