Rathke's cleft cyst in two girls with precocious puberty

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 781-785

  Monzavi, Roshanak ^a   Kelly, Daniel F ^b   Geffner, Mitchell E ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Precocious puberty; Rathke's cleft cyst

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; PROLACTIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HAMARTOMA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; INCIDENTAL FINDING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; RATHKE CLEFT CYST; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 3142730185     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2004.17.5.781     Document Type: Article

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