Craniopharyngioma in adults

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 3, Issue MAR, 2012, Pages

  Zoicas, Flavius ^a   Schöfl, Christof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adults; Complications; Craniopharyngioma; Diagnosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872196752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2012.00046     Document Type: Review

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