Longitudinal study of patients with idiopathic isolated TSH deficiency: Possible progression of pituitary dysfunction in lymphocytic adenohypophysitis

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 593-601

  Hashimoto, Ken Ichi ^a   Yamakita, Noriyoshi ^a,d   Ikeda, Tsuneko ^a   Matsuhisa, Takashi ^a   Kuwayama, Akio ^a   Sano, Toshiaki ^b   Hashimoto, Kozo ^c   Yasuda, Keigo ^a  

^a Matsunami General Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism ^*  (Japan)

^d Matsunami General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pituitary; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; PROLACTIN; PROTIRELIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LYMPHOCYTIC ADENOHYPOPHYSITIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGOMENORRHEA; THYROTROPIN DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY FUNCTION TESTS; PITUITARY GLAND; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 33750619749     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K06-055     Document Type: Article

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