A 43-year-old male with untreated panhypopituitarism due to absence of the pituitary stalk: From dwarf to giant

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 5430-5434

  Den Ouden, D T ^a   Kroon, M ^a   Hoogland, P H ^a   Geelhoed Duijvestijn, P H L M ^a   Wit, J M ^b  

^a MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; BODY MASS; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH RATE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; INFUNDIBULUM; MALE; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

GROWTH; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY GLAND;

EID: 0036929901     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2002-020672     Document Type: Conference Paper

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