Amyloid goiter and hypopituitarism in a patient with systemic amyloidosis

Amyloid

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-34

  Ozdemir, Didem ^a   Dagdelen, Selcuk ^a   Erbas, Tomris ^a   Sokmensuer, Cenk ^a   Erbas, Belkis ^a   Cila, Aysenur ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

amyloid goiter; hypopituitarism; Systemic amyloidosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; AMYLOID; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GOITER; HEMODIALYSIS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPITUITARISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY;

AMYLOIDOSIS; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 79751490238     PISSN: 13506129     EISSN: 17442818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13506129.2010.545961     Document Type: Article

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