Spontaneous Remission of Acromegaly after Meningitis: A Case Report

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 967-971

  Katsuno, Makoto ^a   Yamazaki, Michio ^a   Tahara, Shigeyuki ^a   Murai, Yasuo ^a   Teramono, Akira ^a   Sano, Naoko ^b  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL TAMA NAGAYAMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Lymphocytic hypophysitis; Meningitis; Pituitary apoplexy

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; HYPOPHYSITIS; HYPOPITUITARISM; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; MENINGITIS; PITUITARY APOPLEXY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0346101704     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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