Granulomatous Hypophysitis with Meningitis and Hypopituitarism

Internal Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 1992, Pages 1147-1150

  Yoshioka, Mitsuaki ^a,c   Yamakawa, Norio ^a   Saito, Hideaki ^a   Yoneda, Makoto ^b   Nakayama, Toru ^b   Kuroki, Mizuo ^b   Tsuchida, Tadashi ^b   Sekiya, Masao ^b  

^a Health Sciences University of Hokkaido   (Japan)

^b JA Niigata ken Kouseiren   (Japan)

^c Niigata Prefectural Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

hemianopsia; Key words: hypopituitarism

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GIANT CELL GRANULOMA; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; MENINGITIS;

AGED; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, GIANT CELL; HEMIANOPSIA; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; MENINGITIS;

EID: 0026926114     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.31.1147     Document Type: Article

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