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Pituitary abscess in an eight-year-old girl — diagnostic difficulties
Affiliations- Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Department of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Endocrinology, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Bielanski Hospital, Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Paediatrics with Clinical Assessment Unit, The Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
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Keywords
children; pituitary abscess; hypopituitarism
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Pituitary abscess in an eight-year-old girl — diagnostic difficulties
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2022-03-25
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Endokrynol Pol 2022;73(2):379-380.
Keywords
children
pituitary abscess
hypopituitarism
Authors
Elżbieta Moszczyńska
Arnika Wydra
Monika Pankowska
Katarzyna Nowak
Anna Piwowarczyk
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