Hormonal, pituitary magnetic resonance, LHX4 and HESX1 evaluation in patients with hypopituitarism and ectopic posterior pituitary lobe

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-102

  Melo, Maria Edna ^a   Marui, Suemi ^a   Carvalho, Luciani Renata ^a   Arnhold, Ivo Jorge Prado ^a   Leite, Claudia Costa ^a   Mendonça, Berenice Bilharinho ^a   Knoepfelmacher, Mirta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GENE PRODUCT; GROWTH HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HESX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX4;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECTOPIC ORGAN; ECTOPIC POSTERIOR PITUITARY LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOPITUITARISM; INFUNDIBULUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; ALLELES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHORISTOMA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY GLAND, POSTERIOR; PITUITARY HORMONES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 33845618163     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2006.02692.x     Document Type: Article

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