A Plurihormonal TSH-Secreting Pituitary Microadenoma: Report of a Case with an Atypical Clinical Presentation and Transient Response to Bromocriptine Therapy

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-86

  Zúñiga, Sergio ^a   Mendoza, Victoria ^a   Felix Espinoza, Ignacio ^a   Zárate, Arturo ^a   Mason, Macrina ^a   Mercado, Moisés ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE ESPECIALIDADES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bromocriptine; Hyperthyroidism; Microadenoma; Pituitary; TSH

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842689264     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02739711     Document Type: Article

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