No evidence for autoimmunity as a major cause of the empty sella syndrome

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 231-235

  Bensing, Sophie ^a   Rorsman, F ^b   Crock, P ^c   Sanjeevi, C ^a   Ericson, K ^a   Kampe O ^b   Brismar, K ^a   Hulting, A L ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Autoimmunity; Empty sella syndrome

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; HYPOPHYSIS ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMPTY SELLA SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOPITUITARISM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNITY; EMPTY SELLA SYNDROME; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY GLAND; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 2542487254     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-817968     Document Type: Article

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