Inflammatory and infectious processes involving the pituitary gland

Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 301-306

  Lury, Kenneth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Histiocytosis; Hypophysitis; Langerhans cell; Sarcoidosis; Wegener granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; METHOTREXATE;

AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSITIS; IDIOPATHIC GRANULOMATOUS HYPOPHYSITIS; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY GLAND; SARCOIDOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 33748457540     PISSN: 08993459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rmr.0000224686.21748.ea     Document Type: Review

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