Clinical report of 28 patients with Sheehan's syndrome

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 297-301

  Sert, Murat ^a,b   Tetiker, Tamer ^a   Kirim, Sinan ^a   Kocak, Mustafa ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Empty sellae; Hyponatremia; Pituitary failure; Sheehan's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AGED; AMENORRHEA; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; EMPTY SELLA SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LACTATION DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY HORMONES; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; TURKEY;

EID: 0038269950     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.50.297     Document Type: Article

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