Change of the image of the posterior pituitary in a patient with mineralocorticoid-responsive hyponatremia of the elderly: Comparison of findings before and after treatment

Internal Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 139-140

  Yano, Masaaki ^a   Kahara, Toshio ^a   Abo, Hitoshi ^a   Torita, Muneyoshi ^a   Usuda, Rika ^a  

^a TOYAMA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hyponatremia; Mineralocorticoid; MRI; Posterior pituitary; SIADH

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CREATININE; FLUDROCORTISONE ACETATE; HYDROCORTISONE; MINERALOCORTICOID; NITROGEN; SODIUM; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; UREA; URIC ACID;

AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIET RESTRICTION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEADACHE; HEMATOCRIT; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INAPPROPRIATE VASOPRESSIN SECRETION; LABORATORY TEST; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; URINE OSMOLALITY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FEMALE; FLUDROCORTISONE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE ADH SYNDROME; PITUITARY GLAND, POSTERIOR;

EID: 33846912716     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.6152     Document Type: Article

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