A case of prolactin deficiency with familial puerperal alactogenesis accompanying impaired ACTH secretion

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-62

  Saito, Takatoshi ^a   Tojo, Katsuyoshi ^a   Oki, Yutaka ^b   Sakamoto, Noriko ^a   Matsudaira, Toru ^a   Sasaki, Takashi ^a   Tajima, Naoko ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Combined pituitary hormone deficiency; Encephalitis; Lactogenesis; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOTROPIN DEFICIENCY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; ENCEPHALITIS; EXON; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; LACTATION INHIBITION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROLACTIN DEFICIENCY;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATION DISORDERS; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY FUNCTION TESTS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PROLACTIN;

EID: 33947609991     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K05-163     Document Type: Article

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