The craniopharyngioma

Frontiers of Hormone Research

Volumn 34, Issue , 2006, Pages 105-126

  Oskouian, Rod J ^a   Samii, Amir ^b   Laws Jr , Edward R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CYST; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; INCIDENCE; PATHOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS; INCIDENCE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33644631639     PISSN: 03013073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000091578     Document Type: Review

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