Immunological and clinical aspects of lymphocytic hypophysitis

Clinical Science

Volumn 114, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 413-421

  De Bellis, Annamaria ^a   Ruocco, Giuseppe ^a   Battaglia, Marina ^a   Conte, Marisa ^a   Coronella, Concetta ^a   Tirelli, Gilda ^a   Bellastella, Antonio ^a   Pane, Elena ^a   Sinisi, Antonio Agostino ^a   Bizzarro, Antonio ^a   Bellastella, Giuseppe ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antipituitary antibody; Autoimmune disease; Cytokine; Immune system; Lymphocytic hypophysitis (LYH); Prolactin

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BROMOCRIPTINE; CABERGOLINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROLACTIN; PROLACTIN RECEPTOR; AUTOANTIBODY;

AUTOIMMUNITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOPHYSITIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; NEUROSECRETION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY GLAND;

EID: 40649115001     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20070051     Document Type: Review

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