A patient of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism accompanied by growth hormone deficiency and decreased bone mineral density who attained normal growth

Internal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 641-645

  Wada, Seiki ^a   Minagawa, Akinobu ^a   Imamaki, Keiji ^a   Suda, Satoru ^a   Yamanaka, Kayo ^a   Iitaka, Makoto ^a   Katayama, Shigehiro ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency; Androgen; Estrogen; Hypopituitarism; Osteoporosis; Pituitary stalk

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; GONADOTROPINS, PITUITARY; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPITUITARISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 0034242544     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.39.641     Document Type: Article

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