Detection of antipituitary and antihypothalamus antibodies to investigate the role of pituitary or hypothalamic autoimmunity in patients with selective idiopathic hypopituitarism

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 361-366

  De Bellis, Annamaria ^a   Pane, Elena ^a   Bellastella, Giuseppe ^a   Sinisi, Antonio A ^a   Colella, Caterina ^a   Giordano, Roberta ^b   Giavoli, Claudia ^c   Lania, Andrea ^c   Ambrosio, Maria R ^d   Di Somma, Carolina ^e   Zatelli, Maria C ^d   Arvat, Emanuela ^f   Colao, Annamaria ^e   Bizzarro, Antonio ^a   Bellastella, Antonio ^a   Beck Peccoz, P ^g   Betterle, C ^g   Cannavo S ^g   Degli Uberti, E ^g   Ghigo, E ^g   Lombardi, G ^g   Maghnie, M ^g   Mantero, F ^g   Spada, A ^g   Falorni, A ^g   Delvecchio, M ^g   De Marinis, L ^g   Martino, E ^g   Rotondi, M ^g   Chiovato, L ^g   more..

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CORTICOTROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS ANTIBODY; PITUITARY ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOPITUITARISM; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC HYPOPITUITARISM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNITY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND;

EID: 79961240979     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2011.04056.x     Document Type: Article

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