Pituitary Hyperplasia in a Girl with Gonadal Dysgenesis and Primary Hypothyroidism

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 126-130

  Riedl, S ^a   Frisch, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Gonadal insufficiency; Hypothyroidism; Pituitary hyperplasia; Suprasellar mass; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; IODINE 131; OXANDROLONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; DELAYED PUBERTY; DRY SKIN; ECHOGRAPHY; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FEMALE; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTELLIGENCE; KARYOTYPE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; OPTIC CHIASM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OVARY DISEASE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

EID: 0031055757     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000185447     Document Type: Article

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