Cystic giant prolactinoma in childhood

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 76-79

  Dinc, Cem ^a   Bikmaz, Kerem ^a   Iplikcioglu, A Celal ^a   Kosdere, Serkan ^a   Latifaci, Ismail ^a  

^a Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Childhood; Cystic; Giant; Prolactinoma

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; LEVOTHYROXINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTINOMA; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CYSTS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTIN; PROLACTINOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36549039979     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2006.09.010     Document Type: Article

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