Spectrum of different types of hypophysitis: A clinicopathologic study of hypophysitis in 31 cases

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 183-195

  Tashiro, Takashi ^a   Sano, Toshiaki ^a   Xu, Bing ^a   Wakatsuki, Shingo ^a   Kagawa, Noriko ^a   Nishioka, Hiroshi ^b   Yamada, Shozo ^c   Kovacs, Kalman ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Histology; Hypophysitis; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DESTRUCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSITIS; HYPOPITUITARISM; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PITUITARY GLAND, POSTERIOR; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0036764466     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/EP:13:3:183     Document Type: Article

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