Craniopharyngiomas in the posterior fossa: A rare subgroup, diagnosis, management and outcomes

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1150-1155

  Zhou, L ^a   Luo, L ^b   Xu, J ^a   Li, Q ^a   Chen, J ^a   Jiang, S ^a   Cai, B ^a   You, C ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BLURRED VISION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORTICOTROPIN DEFICIENCY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIPLOPIA; DIZZINESS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; FORAMEN MAGNUM; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEADACHE; HEARING LOSS; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFECTION; INFUNDIBULUM; LIQUORRHEA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NERVE PARALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; OBESITY; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PAPILLEDEMA; POLYURIA; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL APPROACH; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TROCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349680617     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.149088     Document Type: Article

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