Mifepristone treatment in patients with surgically incurable sphenoid-ridge meningioma: A long-term follow-up [11]

Eye

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 954-958

  de Keizer, R J W ^a   Smit, J W A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESMOPRESSIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; MIFEPRISTONE; PREDNISONE; THYROXINE;

ADULT; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DETERIORATION; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MENINGIOMA; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; SPHENOID; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 4944224153     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701370     Document Type: Letter

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