Primary "Empty Sella" in adults: Endocrine findings

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 803-809

  Del Monte, P ^a   Foppiani, L ^a   Cafferata, C ^a   Marugo, A ^a   Bernasconi, D ^a  

^a GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Empty sella; GH deficiency; Hypopituitarism

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CABERGOLINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; LEVOTHYROXINE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPTY SELLA SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HEADACHE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPITUITARISM; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NODULAR GOITER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; EMPTY SELLA SYNDROME; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33845998573     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K06-024     Document Type: Article

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