Complete adrenocorticotropin deficiency after radiation therapy for brain tumor with a normal growth hormone reserve

Internal Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 453-457

  Sakai, Haruna ^a   Yoshioka, Katsunobu ^a   Yamagami, Keiko ^a   Yamakita, Tetsuya ^a   Hosoi, Masayuki ^a   Ishii, Tomofusa ^a   Sato, Toshihiko ^a   Tanaka, Shiro ^a   Iwai, Yoshiyasu ^a   Fujii, Satoru ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cranial radiation; Endocrinological disturbance; Neurofibromatosis type 1

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN DEFICIENCY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ASTROCYTOMA; BLOOD; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM EXAMINATION; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; SKULL IRRADIATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, ENDOCRINE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RADIATION INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035992794     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.41.453     Document Type: Article

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