Acute onset of polyarthralgia and high anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies in a case of idiopathic granulomatous hypophysitis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 204-206

  Babey, Muriel ^e   Aeberli, Daniel ^a,d   Vajtai, Istvan ^b   Sahli, Rahel ^c  

^a Inselspital

^b Aalborg   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; DESMOPRESSIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; LEVOTHYROXINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; TECHNETIUM 99M; TESTOSTERONE UNDECANOATE;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXERCISE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IDIOPATHIC GRANULOMATOUS HYPOPHYSITIS; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYROID SCINTISCANNING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTHRALGIA; AUTOANTIBODIES; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC;

EID: 58149528406     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.080408     Document Type: Letter

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