Two cases of hypothalamic-pituitary sarcoidosis

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 167-169

  Smith, Diarmuid ^a,b   Cullen, M J ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CHLORAMBUCIL; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; SODIUM; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHALAMIC PITUITARY SARCOIDOSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; KVEIM TEST; MALE; MENINGITIS; NASAL BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SARCOIDOSIS; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY;

ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY HORMONES; PREDNISOLONE; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 17144423881     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.98.4.167     Document Type: Article

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