Granulomatous hypophysitis associated with Takayasu's disease

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 499-503

  Toth M ^a   Szabo P ^a   Racz K ^a   Szende, B ^a   Balogh, I ^b   Czirjak S ^c   Slowik, F ^c   Glaz E ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UZSOKI HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSURGERY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029806150     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1996.8110821.x     Document Type: Article

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