All patients with 'idiopathic' hypopituitarism should be screened for hemochromatosis

Pituitary

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 273-275

  Lewis, Anthony S ^a   Courtney, C Hamish ^a   Atkinson, A Brew ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hemochromatosis; Hypogonadism; Hypopituitarism

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART; HEART FAILURE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPITUITARISM; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IRON OVERLOAD; LETHARGY; LIVER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; NAUSEA; PHLEBOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 67849104080     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-008-0090-x     Document Type: Article

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