A case of hypothalamic panhypopituitarism with empty sella syndrome: Case report and review of the literature

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 585-589

  Komada, Hisako ^a   Yamamoto, Masaaki ^a   Okubo, Saki ^a   Nagai, Kanto ^a   Iida, Keiji ^a   Nakamura, Takehiro ^b   Hirota, Yushi ^a   Sakaguchi, Kazuhiko ^a   Kasuga, Masato ^a   Takahashi, Yutaka ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER WEST HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal insufficiency; Autoimmune; Empty sella; Hypothalamic; Panhypopituitarism

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; INSULIN; PROLACTIN; PROTIRELIN; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; EMPTY SELLA SYNDROME; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHALAMIC PANHYPOPITUITARISM; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; EMPTY SELLA SYNDROME; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

EID: 68449089017     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K08E-214     Document Type: Article

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