Hypopituitarism caused by neurocysticercosis

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 341, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 414-416

  Kelesidis, Theodoros ^a   Tsiodras, Sotirios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cysticercus cellulosa; Hypopituitarism; Neurocysticercosis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INDIAN INK; LIOTHYRONINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PREDNISONE; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CRANIECTOMY; CYSTICERCUS CELLULOSAE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GRAM STAINING; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MONOCYTE; NAUSEA; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL;

EID: 79955521848     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3182056438     Document Type: Article

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