PROP1 gene mutations and pituitary size: A unique case of two consecutive cycles of enlargement and regression

Hormone Research

Volumn 67, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 109-113

  Xekouki, Paraskevi ^a,c   Sertedaki, Amalia ^a   Livadas, Sarantis ^a   Argyropoulou, Maria ^b   Voutetakis, Antonis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Growth hormone; Pituitary; PROP1 gene mutations

Indexed keywords

GLUCAGON; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LEVOTHYROXINE; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PROP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BODY HEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GLUCAGON BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROP1 GENE; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847083874     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000097564     Document Type: Conference Paper

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