A Hypopituitary Patient who Attained Tall Stature without Growth Hormone

Internal Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 472-475

  Kageyama, Kazunori ^a,b   Watanobe, Hajime ^a   Nasushita, Ryo ^a   Nishie, Makoto ^a   Horiba, Nobuo ^a   Suda, Toshihiro ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Eunuchoidism; Growth hormone (GH); Insulin like growth factor I; Pituitary stalk transection; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY HEIGHT; CASE REPORT; EUNUCHOIDISM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPITUITARISM; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; EUNUCHISM; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND;

EID: 0032059605     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.37.472     Document Type: Article

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