Childhood craniopharyngioma

Pituitary

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 56-67

  Müller, Hermann L ^a  

^a KLINIKUM OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hypothalamic obesity; Neurocognitive; Neurosurgery; Pituitary; Recurrence; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BLEOMYCIN; CORTICOTROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; GASTRIC BANDING; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBID OBESITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; OPTIC NERVE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; PUBERTY DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STOMACH BYPASS; SURVIVOR; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84873721915     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: 15737403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-012-0401-0     Document Type: Article

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