Rare Sellar Lesions

Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 195-211

  Glezer, Andrea ^a   Paraiba, Diane Belchior ^a   Bronstein, Marcello Delano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; INFECTION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; SKULL CANCER; SKULL TUMOR; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SARCOIDOSIS; SELLA TURCICA; TERATOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38349103111     PISSN: 08898529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecl.2007.10.003     Document Type: Review

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