Empty sella and primary autoimmune hypothyroidism

Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-134

  García Centeno, Rogelio ^a   Suárez Llanos, José Pablo ^a   Fernández Fernández, Elisa ^a   Andía Melero, Victor ^a   Sánchez, Petra ^a   Jara Albarrán, Antonino ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autoimmune diseases; Hypothyroidism; Keywords Empty sella syndrome

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; AUTOANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAY; ATROPHY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPTY SELLA SYNDROME; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELLA TURCICA; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID GLAND; BLOOD; COMORBIDITY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; EMPTY SELLA SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELLA TURCICA; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 77954664042     PISSN: 15918890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10238-009-0071-z     Document Type: Article

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