MRI-demonstrable regression of a pituitary mass in a case of primary hypothyroidism after a week of acute thyroid hormone therapy

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 808-811

  Sarlis, Nicholas J ^a,c   Brucker Davis, Françoise ^a   Doppman, John L ^b   Skarulis, Monica C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031020073     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.82.3.3796     Document Type: Article

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