Thyrotropin-secreting Pituitary Tumor and Hashimoto's Disease: A Novel Association

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 933-936

  Iskandar, Said B ^b   Supit, Edwin ^b   Jordan, Richard M ^b   Peiris, Alan N ^a  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hashimoto's disease; Hyperthyroidism; Pituitary hormonal resistance; Thyrotropin secreting pituitary adenoma

Indexed keywords

IODINE 123; LIOTHYRONINE; MICROSOME ANTIBODY; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NODULAR GOITER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN RELEASE; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; ADENOMA; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; SECRETION; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADENOMA; AGED; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MALE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 0642274639     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000054784.64420.8B     Document Type: Article

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