Successful pregnancy in a patient with pre-existing lymphocytic hypophysitis

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 772-774

  Tsur, Anat ^a   Leibowitz, Gil ^a   Samueloff, Arnon ^a   Gross, David J ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hypopituitarism; Lymphocytic hypophysitis; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; PREDNISONE; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSITIS; HYPOPITUITARISM; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0029910112     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349609065747     Document Type: Article

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