Lymphocytic hypophysitis with dacryoadenitis in a male patient: Non-invasive diagnosis and high-dose methylprednisolone pulse therapy

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 700-704

  Lu, Zhaohui ^a   Li, Jian ^a   Ba, Jianming ^a   Yang, Guoqing ^a   Dou, Jingtao ^a   Mu, Yiming ^a   Lu, Juming ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Dacryoadenitis; Diabetes insipidus; Glucocorticoid; Lymphocytic hypophysitis; Pituitary hypofunction

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DESMOPRESSIN; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DACRYOADENITIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; EYELID EDEMA; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOPHYSITIS; INFUNDIBULUM; LACRIMAL GLAND DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTIC HYPOPHYSITIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77649254739     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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