Pituicytoma

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 152-156

  Nakasu, Yoko ^a   Nakasu, Satoshi ^c   Saito, Akira ^b   Horiguchi, Satoshi ^a   Kameya, Toru ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b NAGAHAMA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Glioma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurohypophysis; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DESMOPRESSIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN S 100; THYROID HORMONE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL SHAPE; CRANIOTOMY; DESMOSOME; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VERTIGO; GLIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33645318954     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.46.152     Document Type: Article

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