A progressive case of lymphocytic hypophysitis accompanied by paresis of the left abducens nerve

Internal Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1245-1249

  Kageyama, Kazunori ^a   Naraoka, Maki ^a   Sakihara, Satoru ^a   Ikeda, Hidetoshi ^b   Sano, Toshiaki ^c   Suda, Toshihiro ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diabetes insipidus; Hypophysitis; Hypopituitarism; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DESMOPRESSIN ACETATE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GONADORELIN; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B ANTIGEN; HUMAN ALBUMIN; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROXINE;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIPLOPIA; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOPHYSITIS; HYPOPITUITARISM; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; LYMPHOCYTIC HYPOPHYSITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTE; PARESIS; PATHOLOGY;

ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASES; ADULT; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; LYMPHOCYTES; PARESIS; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY GLAND;

EID: 49649113943     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.0952     Document Type: Article

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