Pineal gland abnormalities in Langerhans cell histiocytosis

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 261-266

  Grois, N ^a   Prosch, H ^a   Waldhauser, F ^b   Minkov, M ^a   Strasser, G ^b   Steiner, M ^a   Unger, E ^a   Prayer, D ^b  

^a ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Langerhans cell histiocytosis; Melatonin; Pineal gland

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CYST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND;

EID: 3543091590     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20097     Document Type: Article

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