Pineal germinoma

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1031-1037

  Srinivasan, Nandakumar ^a   Pakala, Aneesh ^a   Mukkamalla, Chandana ^a   Oswal, Alok ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CNS germinoma; Germinoma; Pineal germinoma; Pineal gland tumor

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; DESMOPRESSIN; ETOPOSIDE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; VINBLASTINE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ASTROCYTOMA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIOTOMY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GERM CELL TUMOR; GRANULOCYTIC SARCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MYELOBLASTOMA; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTOTOXICITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARESTHESIA; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PINEAL GERMINOMA; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STEREOTACTIC BIOPSY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VITAL SIGN; BLOOD; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PINEALOMA; PITUITARY HORMONES; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77958129864     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181ebeeff     Document Type: Review

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