How reliably can autoimmune hypophysitis be diagnosed without pituitary biopsy

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-21

  Howlett, Trevor A ^a   Levy, Miles J ^a   Robertson, Iain J ^b  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE HYPOPHYSITIS; BIOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOPHYSITIS; HYPOPITUITARISM; NOTE; PITUITARY BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADENOMA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PITUITARY DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

ADENOMA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY GLAND; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 77953775588     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2009.03765.x     Document Type: Note

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