A case of hyponatremia caused by central hypocortisolism

Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 369-375

  Parenti, Gabriele ^a   Ricca, Valdo ^b   Zogheri, Alessia ^a   Serio, Mario ^a   Mannelli, Massimo ^a   Peri, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Depression; Extracellular volume status; Hypocortisolism; Hyponatremia; Lymphocytic hypophysitis

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE ACETATE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; SODIUM;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL HYPOCORTISOLISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; INSOMNIA; LABORATORY TEST; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; URINE OSMOLALITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPONATREMIA; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 33947536390     PISSN: 17458366     EISSN: 17458374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpendmet0459     Document Type: Article

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