'Stalkitis' in a pregnant 32-year-old woman: A rare cause of diabetes insipidus

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 104-107

  Leggett, D A C ^a   Hill, P T ^b   Anderson, R J ^a  

^a WESLEY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Ballow Chambers   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diabetes insipidus; Lymphocytic infundibulo neurohypophysitis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pregnancy; Stalkitis

Indexed keywords

DESMOPRESSIN ACETATE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSITIS; INFUNDIBULUM; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM OSMOLALITY; URINE OSMOLALITY;

ADULT; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY GLAND; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0032945528     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.1999.00597.x     Document Type: Article

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