Primary hypophysitis: Clinical-pathological correlations

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 101-107

  Gutenberg, Angelika ^d   Hans, Volkmar ^a   Puchner, Maximilian J A ^a   Kreutzer, Jürgen ^b   Brück, Wolfgang ^d   Caturegli, Patrizio ^c   Buchfelder, Michael ^d  

^a EVANGELISCHES KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESMOPRESSIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNYLIDENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BRAIN RADIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSITIS; INFUNDIBULUM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADULT; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRANULOMA; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; LYMPHOCYTES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY FUNCTION TESTS; PITUITARY GLAND; PREGNANCY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; XANTHOMATOSIS;

EID: 33746296299     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.1.02183     Document Type: Article

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