Rapid recurrence of craniopharyngioma following recombinant human growth hormone replacement

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 321-322

  Taguchi, Takafumi ^a   Takao, Toshihiro ^a   Iwasaki, Yasumasa ^a   Pooh, Kyonghon ^b   Okazaki, Mizuho ^a   Hashimoto, Kozo ^a   Terada, Yoshio ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT GROWTH HORMONE;

CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CHILD; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 79952194498     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-010-0161-5     Document Type: Letter

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