Late onset of adrenocortical failure in GH deficiency with invisible pituitary stalk: A case report of a 48-year-old Japanese man and review of the literature

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 231-240

  Makino, Shinya ^a   Kawasaki, Daizo ^a   Irimoto, Hirokazu ^a   Tanimoto, Masaho ^a  

^a Osaka Gyomeikan Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

ACTH; GH deficiency; Hypoadrenalism; Hypophyseal stalk transection; Hypothyroidism; Short stature

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LYSINE; THYROID HORMONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BIRTH INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOTROPIN DEFICIENCY; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFUNDIBULUM; JAPAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; SHORT STATURE;

EID: 0036252176     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.49.231     Document Type: Article

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