Neurosarcoidosis presenting in the pituitary gland with normal endocrine studies

Skull Base Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-153

  Arie, Jeffrey E ^a,b   Judkins, Alexander R ^a,b   Kotapka, Mark J ^a,b  

^a Patholoev and Laboratory Medicine   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 0033011636     PISSN: 10521453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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