Investigation of pituitary functions in patients with acute meningitis: A pilot study

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 489-491

  Tanriverdi, F ^a   Alp, E ^a   Demiraslan, H ^a   Dokmetas, H S ^b   Unluhizarci, K ^a   Doganay, M ^a   Casanueva, F F ^c   Kelestimur, F ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^b CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

GH deficiency; GHRH+arginine; Hypopituitarism; Meningitis; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CORTICOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LIOTHYRONINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; SERMORELIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAM STAINING; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOPITUITARISM; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROVOCATION TEST; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 48449099193     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03346395     Document Type: Article

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