Primary empty sella

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 5471-5477

  De Marinis, Laura ^a   Bonadonna, Stefania ^b   Bianchi, Antonio ^a   Maira, Giulio ^a   Giustina, Andrea ^b,c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; CABERGOLINE; GROWTH HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMPTY SELLA SYNDROME; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOPITUITARISM; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

ADULT; BRAIN; EMPTY SELLA SYNDROME; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOPITUITARISM; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEROID METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

BRESCIA;

EID: 24344478577     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2005-0288     Document Type: Article

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