Improvement in Gonadotropin Secretion after Corticosteroid Therapy in a Case of POEMS Syndrome

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 413-419

  Sasano, Tetsuo ^a   Sakurai, Shin Ichi ^a   Hara, Yoshihito ^a,b  

^a Ome Municipal General Hospital   (Japan)

^b Ome Municipal General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid therapy; Hypogonadism; Hypothalamic dysfunction; Poems syndrome

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPROTEINEMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POEMS SYNDROME; SECRETORY RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032082684     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.45.413     Document Type: Article

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