Untreated hypopituitarism due to absence of the pituitary stalk with normal adult height: Report of two cases

Endocrine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 175-179

  Papastathopoulou, Leda ^a   Tzanela, Marinella ^a   Vlassopoulou, Vania ^a   Vassiliadi, Dimitra ^a   Thalassinos, Nikolaos ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Final height; Growth factors; Growth hormone deficiency; Multiple pituitary hormone deficiency (MPHD)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; GROWTH RATE; HEIGHT; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOPHYSIS HYPOPLASIA; HYPOPITUITARISM; INFUNDIBULUM; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MULTIPLE PITUITARY HORMONE DEFICIENCY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY;

EID: 33646882816     PISSN: 1355008X     EISSN: 15590100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/ENDO:29:1:175     Document Type: Article

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