Blastomycosis of the central nervous system in a child: A rare cause of hypopituitarism

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 24, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 775-777

  Abrams, Elissa ^a   Dean, Heather Jean ^a   Bunge, Martin K ^a   Taback, Shayne P ^a   Sellers, Elizabeth Ann Cameron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blastomycosis; Child; Hypopituitarism

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; DESMOPRESSIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; VORICONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCOSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; RARE DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; BLASTOMYCES; BLASTOMYCOSIS; BRAIN; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80054053902     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: 21910251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2011.275     Document Type: Article

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