Residual pituitary enlargement in primary hypothyroidism despite 1 1/2 years of L-thyroxine therapy

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 121-123

  Goswami, Ravinder ^a   Tandon, Nikhil ^a   Sharma, Raju ^a   Kochupillai, Narayana ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

L thyroxine; Pituitary hyperplasia; Primary hypothyroidism

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LEVOTHYROXINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; THYROXINE;

EID: 0032951991     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.1999.00610.x     Document Type: Article

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