Hypothalamic-pituitary sarcoidosis with hypopituitarism. Long-term remission with methylprednisolone pulse therapy

Pituitary

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 33-36

  Molina, Ana ^a   Mañá, Juan ^b   Villabona, Carles ^a   Fernández Castañer, Miguel ^a   Soler, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hypopituitarism; Hypothalamic; Methylprednisolone pulse; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; LEVOTHYROXINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE ENANTATE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; GRANULOMA; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS LESION; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; KVEIM TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SARCOIDOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0036462173     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022153401880     Document Type: Article

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