Treatment strategies in childhood craniopharyngioma

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 3, Issue JUN, 2012, Pages

  Puget, Stéphanie ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Children; Craniopharyngioma; Hypothalamus; Quality of life; Radiotherapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865621316     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2012.00064     Document Type: Article

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