Correlation between the pituitary size and function in patients with asthenia

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 441-444

  Yamada, Takashi ^a   Nojiri, Ken ^b   Sasazawa, Hideyuki ^b   Tsukui, Tomomichi ^b   Miyahara, Yasuhiro ^a   Nakayama, Kazumi ^a   Komatsu, Mitsuhisa ^c   Aizawa, Toru ^d   Komiya, Ichiro ^e  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Haruna Brain Surgery   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal insufficiency; Asthenic patients; Empty sella syndrome

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; SODIUM; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMPTY SELLA SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; AGED; ASTHENIA; EMPTY SELLA SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY FUNCTION TESTS; PITUITARY GLAND;

EID: 25644445294     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.52.441     Document Type: Article

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