Apoplectic lymphocytic hypophysitis: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2003, Pages 183-185

  Lee, Michael S ^a   Pless, Misha ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymphocytic hypophysitis; Pituitary apoplexy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; HYPOPHYSITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 0037218762     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2003.98.1.0183     Document Type: Article

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