Pituitary stalk dysgenesis-induced hypopituitarism in adult patients: Prevalence, evolution of hormone dysfunction and genetic analysis

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 181-188

  Fernandez Rodriguez, Eva ^a   Quinteiro, Celsa ^a   Barreiro, Jesus ^b   Marazuela, Mónica ^d   Pereiro, Inmaculada ^a   Peinó, Roberto ^a   Cabezas Agrícola, Jose Manuel ^a   Dominguez, Fernando ^a,b   Casanueva, Felipe F ^a,c   Bernabeu, Ignacio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Congenital hypopituitarism; Ectopic neurohypophysis; Hypopituitarism; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pituitary stalk dysgenesis; PROP1 mutation

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HESX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PROP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREECH EXTRACTION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID DYSGENESIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY GLAND; PREVALENCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT-1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 79953733124     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000324087     Document Type: Article

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