Antipituitary antibodies as pathogenetic factors in patients with pituitary disorders

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 407-416

  Kikuchi, T ^a   Yabe, S ^a   Kanda, T ^a   Kobayashi, I ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antipituitary antibodies; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Immunoblot; Pituitary disorders

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LEVODOPA; PITUITARY ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROMEGALY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHILD; CHROMATOFOCUSING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN DEFICIENCY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOPITUITARISM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS;

EID: 0033823415     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.47.407     Document Type: Article

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