Sheehan's syndrome as a rare cause of anaemia secondary to hypopituitarism

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 405-410

  Gokalp, Deniz ^a   Tuzcu, Alpaslan ^a   Bahceci, Mithat ^a   Arikan, Senay ^a   Bahceci, Selen ^a   Pasa, Semir ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Hormone replacement therapy; Hypopituitarism; Sheehan's syndrome

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GONADORELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROCORTISONE; IRON; LIOTHYRONINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; PROTIRELIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPENIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMOCHROMIC NORMOCYTIC ANEMIA; PANCYTOPENIA; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; INCIDENCE; LEUKOPENIA; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 63649153738     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-008-0607-4     Document Type: Article

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