Inflammatory pituitary gland changes in cases of Rathke's cleft cyst associated with panhypopituitarism

Japanese Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 565-571

  Takahashi, Jun A ^a   Hojo, Masato ^a   Nishikawa, Tomofumi ^a   Mori, Hisae ^b   Hirano, Asao ^c   Hashimoto, Nobuo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^c MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Panhypopituitarism; Rathke cleft cyst

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CYST; CALCIFICATION; CALCULATION; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHESIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RATHKE CLEFT CYST; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 3843131635     PISSN: 0917950X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7887/jcns.13.565     Document Type: Article

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