Precocious puberty due to human chorionic gonadotropin-secreting pineal tumor

Chang Gung Medical Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 198-202

  Kuo, Ho Chang ^a,b   Sheen, Jiunn Ming ^a   Wu, Kuan Sheng ^a   Wei, Hsiu Hui ^a   Hsiao, Chih Cheng ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

human chorionic gonadotropin; Parinaud syndrome; Pineal tumor; Precocious puberty

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CORTICOTROPIN; ETOPOSIDE; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCOSE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR REGRESSION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; PINEAL GLAND; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS;

EID: 33745014422     PISSN: 02558270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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