Sheehan's sydrome associated with pancytopenia due to marrow aplasia; full recovery with hormone replacement therapy

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 533-535

  Ozdogan, Mustafa ^a   Yazicioglu, G ^b   Karadogan, I ^b   Cevikol, C ^b   Karayalcin, U ^b   Undar, L ^b  

^a Akdenis University Medical School   (Turkey)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Pancytopenia; Sheehan's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; LEVOTHYROXINE; PREDNISOLONE; CORTICOSTEROID; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW APLASIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALAISE; MENTAL STRESS; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SYNCOPE; APLASTIC ANEMIA; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; MIDDLE AGED; PANCYTOPENIA; PREDNISOLONE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THYROXINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2942736846     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1368-5031.2004.00059.x     Document Type: Article

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