Increased cerebrovascular mortality in patients with hypopituitarism

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-81

  Bülow, Birgitta ^a   Hagmar, Lars ^a   Mikoczy, Zoli ^a   Nordström, Carl Henrik ^a   Erfurth, Eva Marie ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0031017867     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1997.d01-1749.x     Document Type: Article

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