Spontaneous resolution of a pituitary mass : Probable lymphocytic hyophysitis

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 653-655

  Menon, Padma S ^a   Shah, Nalini ^a   Chauhan, P H ^a   Nagpal, R D ^a   Desai, A P ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOPITUITARISM; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REMISSION; REVIEW;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030225178     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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