Surgical implications of the thickened pituitary stalk accompanied by central diabetes insipidus

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 103 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2005, Pages 142-147

  Beni Adani, Liana ^a   Sainte Rose, Christian ^b   Zerah, Michel ^b   Brunelle, Francis ^b   Constantini, Shlomo ^b   Renier, Domonique ^b   Lellouch Tubiana, Arielle ^b   Leger, Juliane ^b   Pierre Kahn, Alain ^b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Biopsy; Brain tumor; Diabetes insipidus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pediatric neurosurgery; Pituitary stalk

Indexed keywords

DESMOPRESSIN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; LEVOTHYROXINE; HORMONE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFUNDIBULUM; LABORATORY TEST; LANGERHANS CELL; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL DISORDER; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; CRANIOTOMY; GROWTH DISORDER; HYPOPHYSIS; NEUROGENIC DIABETES INSIPIDUS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; SURGERY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; CRANIOTOMY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS, NEUROGENIC; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, SURGICAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROWTH DISORDERS; HORMONES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY GLAND; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 33644674790     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/ped.2005.103.2.0142     Document Type: Article

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