Autoantibodies against pituitary proteins in patients with adrenocorticotropin-deficiency

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 126-132

  Bensing, Sophie ^a   Kasperlik Zaluska, A A ^b   Czarnocka, B ^b   Crock, P A ^c   Hulting, A L ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b MEDICAL CENTER FOR POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

ACTH deficiency; Immunoblotting; Lymphocytic hypophysitis; Pituitary autoantibodies

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELIAC DISEASE; CELL DESTRUCTION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSITIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THYROID DISEASE; VITILIGO;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CYTOSOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY DISEASES;

EID: 13544253366     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2005.01459.x     Document Type: Article

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