A case of isolated ACTH deficiency accompanied by generalized painful muscle cramp

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 347-349

  Matsui, Taka Aki ^a,b   Hatayama, Tomikazu ^b   Okuda, Kazuto ^b   Kitaguchi, Masataka ^b   Takahashi, Mitsuo ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Baba Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Isolated ACTH deficiency; Muscle cramp; Satoyoshi disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON BIOPSY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MUSCLE CRAMP;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE SPASTICITY;

EID: 0030768206     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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