Amelioration of acromegaly after pituitary infarction due to gastrointestinal hemorrhage from gastric ulcer

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 147-151

  Imaki, Toshihiro ^a   Yamada, Shozo ^c   Harada, Shoko ^a   Tsuchiya, Mariko ^b   Sano, Toshiaki ^d   Demura, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Women s Medical University   (Japan)

^c TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Pituitary apoplexy; Pituitary infarction

Indexed keywords

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STOMACH ULCER;

EID: 0032896117     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.46.147     Document Type: Article

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