A case of suspected lymphocytic hypophysitis and organizing pneumonia during maintenance therapy for autoimmune pancreatitis associated with autoimmune thrombocytopenia

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 563-566

  Taniguchi, Takao ^a   Hamasaki, Akihiro ^a   Okamoto, Motozumi ^a  

^a OTSU RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune pancreatitis; Lymphocytic hypophysitis; Organizing pneumonia

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PREDNISOLONE; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSITIS; INFUNDIBULUM; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; PANCREATITIS; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING;

AGED; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC; PITUITARY DISEASES; PNEUMONIA; PREDNISOLONE; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC;

EID: 33748466296     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K05-179     Document Type: Article

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