Childhood craniopharyngioma: Recent advances in diagnosis, treatment and follow-up

Hormone Research

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 193-202

  Müller, Hermann L ^a  

^a KLINIKUM OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Craniopharyngioma; Hypothalamus; Irradiation; Obesity; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LEPTIN; THYROTROPIN;

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN RADIATION; CATHETER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; EATING DISORDER; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EYE DISEASE; GASTRIC BANDING; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL INSTABILITY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT SURVEY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL DISORDER;

CHILD; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; OBESITY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 42449163488     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000113019     Document Type: Short Survey

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