Giant cell granulamatous hypophysitis with remarkable uptake on Gallium- 67 scintigraphy

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 131-134

  Shimizu, Chikara ^a   Kubo, Mitsumasa ^a   Kijima, Hiromichi ^a   Ishizu, Akihiro ^a   Katoh, Tsutomu ^b   Koike, Takao ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM 67;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DRUG UPTAKE; GIANT CELL TUMOR; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSITIS; HYPOPITUITARISM; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY;

ADULT; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; GRANULOMA, GIANT CELL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY GLAND; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 0031819727     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1998.00417.x     Document Type: Article

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