Pituitary astrocytoma: Magnetic resonance and hormonal characteristics: Case illustration

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 131-

  Nishizawa, Shigeru ^a   Yokoyama, Tetsuo ^b   Hinokuma, Kaoru ^b   Ohta, Seiji ^b   Uemura, Kenichi ^b   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^b  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pituitary gland

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

EID: 1842287993     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1997.87.1.0131     Document Type: Article

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